After his two terms as vice president ended in 2009, Dick Cheney became one of the nation's most prominent Republicans to oppose President Donald Trump.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, an architect of the Iraq war, has died at 84.

Cheney was one of the most powerful vice presidents in United States history.

Under President George W. Bush, Cheney pushed for the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on what was later proven to be false evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

Cheney, an old-guard Republican, supported Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign but later turned against him. Cheney voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, his daughter said.

WASHINGTON ‒ Dick Cheney , one of the most powerful vice presidents in United States history, a chief architect of the war in

See Full Page