10 things you need to know today: March 29, 2023

A judge rules Mike Pence must testify in Trump Jan. 6 inquiry, dozens die in a fire at a Mexico migrant center near the U.S. border, and more

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1. Judge rules Pence must testify in Trump investigation

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Tuesday that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to reverse his 2020 election loss to President Biden, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Boasberg said Pence can decline to answer questions about his role overseeing Congress' certification of the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol trying to block the proceedings. Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed Pence as part of his ongoing investigation into whether any efforts to overturn the election were criminal. Pence's lawyers had argued the Constitution shielded him from testifying. Trump claimed Pence's testimony was protected by executive privilege.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.