Live updates: Vance leads White House press briefing; House slices 2 weeks off DC schedule

Vice President Vance is leading the White House's first press briefing in 42 days Thursday afternoon, speaking in place of a press secretary — a role that remains vacant after Karoline Leavitt's end-of-August departure. Vance started by explaining the administration's reasoning behind the Venezuela oil deal struck last week. The vice president was one of...