Former Vice President Mike Pence is once again floating the idea of a presidential run, this time in 2028, even as he lectures the Republican Party on returning to “principles” after last week’s midterm results.

In a Fox News Digital interview published Thursday, Pence declined to shut the door on another bid while claiming the current version of Republicanism was “rejected by the American people.”

The interview, conducted by Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and described as Pence’s first post-election comments, comes just two months after the former Indiana governor told the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., that he had “no plans” for a 2028 White House run or any other elected office.

Asked directly whether people had urged him to reconsider after the midterms, Pence said he had been “very humbled” by “a lot of people” asking him to run in 2028.

“The truth is, if we don’t return the Republican Party to the principles of a strong defense, limited government, fiscal responsibility and the right to life, it won’t matter who we nominate in 2028,” Pence said. “Because this version of Republicanism was just rejected by the American people.”

“But, I have great hope; I was there the last time we lost the majority in 2006. I have great confidence in our new leadership in the Congress that they know the path forward. But, I can tell you that I don’t know what the future holds, but all of my energies, all of my focus and my calling, now, is to be a champion and an advocate for the conservative principles that have defined our party.”

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Mike Pence says “a lot of people” are asking him to run for President in 2028. https://t.co/bk0CwlSX56

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 12, 2026

This is familiar territory for the man The Gateway Pundit has long described as a turncoat. In May 2025, TGP reported that Pence had ruled out another White House run after his humiliating 2024 primary campaign, telling NBC’s Kristen Welker he did not see it in his future and preferred to focus on policy.

That campaign, launched explicitly against President Trump, collapsed amid poor fundraising and polling; Pence dropped out before the Iowa caucuses and later sought public financing while carrying more than $1.3 million in unpaid debts.

Pence’s relationship with Trump deteriorated after he refused to object to the certification of the 2020 election results despite widespread concerns raised by the president and millions of voters. He did not endorse Trump in 2024 and waited until after the victory to congratulate him.

More recently, The Gateway Pundit and Joe Hoft highlighted Pence’s pattern of ignoring election integrity questions while positioning himself as the guardian of traditional conservative principles.

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A Democrat member of Uniontown, Pennsylvania’s City Council was arraigned Thursday on charges that he fraudulently obtained nearly $7,000 in taxpayer-funded food and heating assistance while employed and earning more than $166,000 over the same period.

Trace Thomas, 34, faces one count of fraudulently obtaining benefits after state investigators alleged he collected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds while repeatedly reporting himself as unemployed.

BREAKING: Trace Thomas, a Democrat City Council Member for Uniontown, PA, has been charged with allegedly fraudulently obtaining SNAP benefits https://t.co/CxMxifNIMe

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 13, 2026

The Pennsylvania State Office of Inspector General alleges Thomas received $5,705 in SNAP benefits and another $1,000 through the heating assistance program after he was hired by Senior Life, a Pittsburgh-based health care company, in September 2023.

According to the criminal complaint, obtained by The Herald Standard, Thomas continued to report himself as unemployed on eight applications for the funds as late as August 2025.

Thomas also completed phone interviews with the county assistance office for SNAP benefits, during which he did not disclose employment or income.

More than a year after receiving his first paycheck from Senior Life, Thomas sent a letter to the county assistance office in September 2024 stating that he was unemployed and looking for a job.

Thomas was elected to a four-year term on Uniontown City Council in 2023 and currently serves as the council member responsible for Streets & Improvements.

The allegedly crooked Democrat was arraigned by Judge Jason Cox on Thursday morning.

Cox set bond at $20,000, which Thomas posted through a self-surety bond.

The judge later recused himself from the case because Thomas had run unsuccessfully against him in a 2021 magistrate judge primary.

The case was reassigned to Judge Ronald Haggerty, and Thomas’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 10.

Uniontown Solicitor Tim Witt told the Herald Standard, “The charge does not relate to the City and does not require any action by City Council or the City at this time. In the interim, however, the City notes that individuals are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise. The City will monitor this case and will take action if or when it is appropriate.”

Thomas has not publicly commented on the charges as of Thursday.

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Shocking video posted to social media shows a black male beating and kicking a white high school girl on a bus in Youngstown, Ohio, as the driver refused to pull over and intervene.

The Boardman Local School District launched an investigation after a black male brutally beat and appeared to choke a white teen girl on a bus transporting students to Mahoning Valley Community School last Friday.

The victim, a 10th grade girl, was taken to a hospital with severe injuries.

The Gateway Pundit is unable to publish the video but it can be viewed here (warning on disturbing content).

Nobody intervened to help the girl. The bus driver did not immediately pull over to help protect the child.

The Boardman School District said that the bus driver didn’t immediately pull over and intervene because they were in a construction zone.

“The driver was unable to safely pull over immediately, but stopped shortly after the altercation. The bus aide has been placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation,” the school district said in a release, according to WKBN.

The school district did not notify the victim’s parents.

The victim’s stepfather is outraged over the lack of protection offered to the minor teen.

“This is a complete failure to communicate, protect. I don’t even have the words — there are so many to use,” the stepfather said, according to WKBN.

The bus aide was placed on leave pending investigation.

WKBN reported:

The Boardman Local School District is investigating an altercation that happened Friday on a district bus transporting students to Mahoning Valley Community School. A 10th-grade girl was sent to the hospital to be checked for injuries, believed to have come from the incident.

“We found out everything happened yesterday. Everything. We didn’t have a clue,” the girl’s stepfather said.

He said the 15-year-old attends Mahoning Valley Community School, which is along South Avenue in Youngstown.

MVCS students are transported on Boardman Local Schools buses. The district provides transportation for the students.

A statement from the district says the bus driver and aide are Boardman employees, and the district is investigating whether proper procedures were followed.

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Incoming House Minority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) delivered a blunt assessment of the federal investigation targeting radical squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), stating that once the DOJ establishes she was over 18 when she claimed derivative citizenship through her father, she is “no longer a citizen of the United States” and therefore “not entitled to serve in Congress.”

Speaking on Newsmax’s Finnerty and in a separate appearance with Benny Johnson, Emmer described the birth-date issue as an administrative process rather than a matter requiring a full House expulsion vote.

“The birth date is an administrative procedure, and once it’s established that she was over the age of 18 when she claimed to be a minor, she’s no longer a citizen of the United States,” he said. “And when she’s no longer a citizen, she’s not entitled to serve in Congress.”

Emmer added that he believes the DOJ is “finalizing that” review and that the age question is one of “four different things they are looking at.”

He emphasized he is not involved in the investigation itself but that confirmation of the age discrepancy would immediately remove her eligibility: she would have to reapply for citizenship as an adult, and in the meantime she would no longer qualify for the House floor.

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JUST NOW: Incoming House Minority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer says Ilhan Omar is “NO LONGER A CITIZEN” and “NOT ENTITLED TO SERVE IN CONGRESS” once DOJ proves the case

“I think DOJ is finalizing that! […] My understanding is there are FOUR different things they are looking at.”

DOJ is looking at whether she or her father LIED ABOUT HER BIRTH YEAR so she’d get citizenship as a minor

Her father naturalized in 2000. If she was already 18, she wouldn’t have gotten it automatically

SEND THAT PIRATE BACK.

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 12, 2026

In the Benny Johnson interview, Emmer was equally direct when asked whether she is an American citizen: “I don’t think she should be. I think it’s gonna be proven that her birthdate, she has lied about it repeatedly. I think that’s documented.”

He reiterated that once the appropriate authority confirms she was not under 18 when her father naturalized, “she is immediately no longer a citizen and she has to reapply for citizenship. And by the way, I’ll just remind you that at that point, she’s no longer a member of Congress anymore either.”

When pressed on physical removal, Emmer replied affirmatively that she would no longer be allowed on the House floor.

GOP House Whip Reveals Ilhan Omar Will be Physically REMOVED From Congress By Law Enforcement Because She Is NOT a U.S. Citizen.

Tom Emmer says a expulsion vote would NOT be needed because she is illegally serving in Congress.

“She can go represent Somalia.”

— @tomemmer https://t.co/wxcDeqq7py

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 12, 2026

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An illegal alien semi-truck driver released into the US by Joe Biden in 2023 plowed into a minivan and killed a mother and her two young sons in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday.

According to reports, 39-year-old Eldar Skandar was driving a semi-truck on Highway 71 near downtown Kansas City when he plowed into a Honda Odyssey carrying a family of five and several other cars.

Olga Sorbalo, 35, and her two sons, Luis, 8, and Samir, 4, died.

At least six others were transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

Skandar, an illegal alien from Ukraine, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter.

Full statement from Secretary Duffy:

My prayers are with the family and loved ones of the victims of a horrific crash in Missouri that took the innocent lives of a mother and her two young sons.

The family was riding together in a minivan when an ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKER plowed his 80,000-pound rig into traffic in Kansas City on Monday afternoon. The boys’ father and their 3-year-old brother survived, along with others in the van. That little boy is now in the hospital, and he’ll grow up without his mother and his two big brothers.

@DHSgov confirms to me that the driver, Eldar Skander, is an illegal alien from Ukraine, who was released into our country under Joe Biden in 2023. He had a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license issued by Illinois in March of 2025.

@FMCSA has identified the carrier that put him behind the wheel. We launched an investigation into that company, and how Illinois issued him the CDL.

This was a preventable tragedy. Three precious lives were stolen. This family deserves justice, and there WILL be consequences. President Trump and I will not stop until our roads are safe.

My prayers are with the family and loved ones of the victims of a horrific crash in Missouri that took the innocent lives of a mother and her two young sons.

The family was riding together in a minivan when an ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKER plowed his 80,000-pound rig into traffic in Kansas City on Monday afternoon. The boys’ father and their 3-year-old brother survived, along with others in the van. That little boy is now in the hospital, and he’ll grow up without his mother and his two big brothers.

@DHSgov confirms to me that the driver, Eldar Skander, is an illegal alien from Ukraine, who was released into our country under Joe Biden in 2023. He had a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license issued by Illinois in March of 2025.

@FMCSA has identified the carrier that put him behind the wheel. We launched an investigation into that company, and how Illinois issued him the CDL.

This was a preventable tragedy. Three precious lives were stolen. This family deserves justice, and there WILL be consequences. President Trump and I will not stop until our roads are safe.

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 12, 2026

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