Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts should be “deferential” to the president,

It appears Vice President JD Vance came to the Vatican bearing gifts. On Monday, Vance, a Catholic convert, and Pope Leo XIV met for the first time at the Vatican. This took place ahead of a set of U.S.-led efforts with a focus on making progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine.