## Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies

Authored by cnn.com

The 46th vice president, who served alongside Republican President George W. Bush for two terms between 2001 and 2009, was for decades a towering and polarizing Washington power player.

Cheney was in the White House, with the president out of town on the crisp, clear morning of September 11, 2001.

This was a terrorist act,” he recalled of that day in an interview with CNN’s John King in 2002.

Multiple former presidents paid tribute to Cheney on Tuesday, with Bill Clinton and Joe Biden highlighting the former vice president’s “public service.”.

Cheney, alongside his wife and family, look at the bust of the former vice president after it was unveiled at Emancipation Hall inside the Capitol on December 3, 2015.

In a remarkable moment, Democrats lined up to greet the former Republican vice president and shake his hand.

The former vice president slammed Republican leaders in Congress, saying they do not resemble the leaders he remembered from his time in the body. »

### Dave Ramsey Says Owning 15-20 Houses Isn’t Greedy, Because ‘God Owns It, And I’m Just Managing It For Him’

Authored by offthefrontpage.com

In an episode of “The Ramsey Show,” he responded to critics who say investors like him are worsening the housing crisis.

Ramsey said he owns “15, 20 houses and a bunch of commercial real estate as well” but doesn’t see it as greed.

His radio show, “The Ramsey Show,” now reaches 20 million listeners a week, and his company, Ramsey Solutions, has become a media empire. »

### Trump's Venezuela plan 'makes no strategic sense' as expert exposes major flaws

Authored by themirror.com

Trump's Venezuela plan 'makes no strategic sense' as expert exposes major flaws.

Donald Trump lacks a comprehensive plan for a potential ground invasion of Venezuela, a former assistant secretary of state claimed.

Aircraft carrier battle groups are also "precious, limited resources," and he said the U.S. needs to be strategic about how they're used. »

### HUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fray

Authored by gamesfray.com

Words that are underlined link to explanations in our IP Lingo dictionary unless the underlined passages explicitly refer to other articles.

It relates to claims 1, 13, 25 and 26 of the patent.

If they fall, which we believe will most likely happen, the remaining ones (which depend on those claims) will fall as well. »

### MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history

Authored by fortune.com

And on Sunday, Howard University announced that Scott, who is worth an estimated $35.6 billion, had donated $80 million to the historically Black school.

Of the $80 million, $63 million will go toward Howard University, and $17 million will go to the school’s College of Medicine.

This marks one of the largest single donations to Howard in its 158-year history. »

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