Mike Pence has been named the new president of the Heritage Foundation, the influential conservative think tank that has shaped Republican policy for decades. Announced during a meeting at the organization\u2019s Capitol Hill headquarters, Pence pledged to restore the institution to its \u201cReagan-era roots\u201d with strong conservative leadership.<\/p>\n
His appointment signals a new direction for both Pence and the Heritage Foundation. He is expected to promote the organization\u2019s Project 2025<\/em>, a comprehensive presidential transition plan, as a guide for the next Republican administration, regardless of who wins the presidency. Heritage leaders say Pence\u2019s focus is on advancing long-term conservative ideas beyond any single election.<\/p>\n Pence also plans to expand his advocacy for strict abortion restrictions, school choice, and tougher policies toward China. His first initiative will be a \u201cFaith & Freedom\u201d lecture series featuring prominent Republican figures, reinforcing his influence within the conservative movement and the party\u2019s future agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mike Pence has been named the new president of the Heritage Foundation, the influential conservative think tank that has shaped Republican policy for decades. Announced during a meeting at the organization\u2019s Capitol Hill headquarters, Pence pledged to restore the institution to its \u201cReagan-era roots\u201d with strong conservative leadership. His appointment signals a new direction for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10028,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions\/10028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}