Overview
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 84, will be honored at Washington National Cathedral on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. ET.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said leadership is reviewing protocol on whether Cheney may lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.
- President Trump has not issued a public statement; the White House said flags were lowered because the law requires it.
- Reaction on the right is split, with GOP hawks such as Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and Tom Cotton offering praise while prominent MAGA figures were muted or critical.
- Cheney died Nov. 3 in Wyoming of complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, and he is remembered for expanding the vice presidency and pressing the 2003 Iraq invasion.