In a harsh attack on Catholic bishops for criticizing mass deportation, the veep is intensifying his administration’s feud with Christian clergy.

In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.

Vice President J.D. Vance pushed back Sunday on CBS News against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) over their concerns about the Trump administration’s focus on conducting mass deportations.

Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops after it issued a statement condemning some of Trump's executive orders.

The former and current vice president to Trump found themselves under the same roof on Monday, Jan. 20 Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty; AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Mike Pence watched his replacement, J.D. Vance, take the oath of office at the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) views his role as a "junior partner" to President Donald Trump — and in so doing, he is undermining the power of Congress as a co-equal branch of government, The New York Times reported.

Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.

Vance spars with Catholic bishops: Vice President J.D. Vance, who is Catholic, said in a Sunday interview with CBS that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has "not been a good partner in common-sense immigration enforcement."

Newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted all visa issuances at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday.

The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a vast swath of programs and sowing confusion and alarm among the array of groups that depend on them.

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and RCP White House correspondent Phillip Wegman start the show with a look forward at the confirmation hearings scheduled this week for Donald Trump's cabinet nominees,

Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. doesn't have to have "the dumbest immigration policy in the world" simply because the nation was founded by immigrants.