Live updates: Vance set to brief White House press; House slices 2 weeks off DC schedule

Vice President Vance will hold 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. The briefing is set for 1 p.m. EDT. The vice president was one of a handful of Tr