November 20, 2025domesticGovernmentPolitical Norms
Trump and Vance Not Invited to Dick Cheney Funeral as Bipartisan Leaders Gather
Dick Cheney's funeral at Washington National Cathedral on November 20, 2025 brought together former Presidents Bush and Biden, all living former vice presidents, Supreme Court justices, and bipartisan congressional leaders. Trump and Vance were deliberately not invited — a rare rebuke reflecting Cheney family opposition to Trump's direction of the Republican Party.