{"id":7259,"date":"2026-05-23T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:45:09","slug":"20-minutes-ago-in-washington-dc-mike-pence-was-confirmed-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=7259","title":{"rendered":"20 Minutes ago in Washington DC, Mike Pence was confirmed as\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Former Vice President Mike Pence has been named the new president of the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential conservative think tanks in the U.S. During a private meeting in Washington, Pence promised to restore the organization to its \u201cReagan-era roots\u201d with strong conservative leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The move signals a major shift for both Pence and the Heritage Foundation. Insiders say he plans to use the group\u2019s \u201cProject 2025\u201d agenda as a blueprint for the next Republican administration, no matter who wins the presidency. Heritage leaders praised Pence\u2019s focus on long-term conservative ideas rather than political drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The announcement sparked mixed reactions across the GOP. Trump allies criticized the move, while establishment Republicans applauded Pence\u2019s leadership and policy experience. In his speech, Pence focused heavily on \u201cwinning the war of ideas\u201d and avoided mentioning Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Pence will push policies centered on strict abortion laws, school choice, and tougher positions on China. His first initiative will be a new \u201cFaith &amp; Freedom\u201d lecture series featuring rising Republican figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence has been named the new president of the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential conservative think tanks in the U.S. During a private meeting in Washington, Pence promised to restore the organization to its \u201cReagan-era roots\u201d with strong conservative leadership. The move signals a major shift for both Pence &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7260,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions\/7260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}