VP Pence to visit GE Healthcare in Madison; highlight ventilator production amid COVID-19
MADISON -- Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Wisconsin next week to highlight the production of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.His office said Pence will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, April 21 to visit a GE Healthcare manufacturing facility.
Vice President Mike Pence, wife Karen test negative for coronavirus
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have tested negative for COVID-19, per VP Press Secretary Katie Miller.The two were tested Saturday after a staff member in Pence’s office tested positive for coronavirus this week.Pence said that his staffer who tested positive for the virus is “doing well,” had “mild” cold-like symptoms for a day and a half, and has not been at the White House since Monday.
Member of Vice President Pence's staff tests positive for coronavirus, VP to be tested
WASHINGTON — The White House says a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for coronavirus.In a news conference Saturday, Vice President Pence said he and the second lady Karen will be tested given their roles.Pence’s spokeswoman Katie Miller said Friday that the staff member, who is not being identified, did not have “close contact” to either the vice president or President Donald Trump.Miller said contact tracing, or contacting everyone the individual has been in contact with, is being conducted in accordance with guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Miller says Pence’s office was notified Friday evening of the positive test result.
Travel ban to extend to United Kingdom, Ireland; President Trump eyes US limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list, and was considering imposing restrictions on travel within the U.S. to areas hit hard by the coronavirus spread.Under the restrictions on European travel, American citizens, green card holders and others are still allowed to return home to the U.S., but will be funneled to 13 airports and be subjected to health screenings and quarantine orders.“If you don't have to travel, I wouldn't do it," President Trump said.The new restrictions came as in Britain, the death toll nearly doubled from the day before to 21, and the number of people infected rose to over 1,100 from about 800 the previous day.
'Catholics for Trump' event set for March 19 in Milwaukee postponed due to coronavirus
MILWAUKEE -- President Donald Trump's scheduled "Catholics for Trump" event scheduled for March 19 at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee was postponed Wednesday, March 11 due to coronavirus.Catholics have been on the winning side of presidential elections since 1976.
Vice President Pence meets with hospital executives to talk challenges as coronavirus spreads
WASHINGTON – “A couple of cases today are going to be many, many cases tomorrow,” Anthony Fauci said.The White House Coronavirus Task Force wants to ensure hospitals and health care centers around the country are ready for the spread of the virus to get worse.“We have to change our behavior.
Vice President Pence coming to Wisconsin for congressional campaign event
MADISON, Wis. — Vice President Mike Pence plans to campaign in Wisconsin next week for Republican congressional candidate Tom Tiffany, the same day that President Donald Trump will be in Milwaukee for a rally.Tiffany announced Wednesday that Pence plans to attend a get-out-the-vote event on March 19 in Rothschild.
Stocks give up much of an early surge day after huge plunge
NEW YORK — Stocks gave up most of an early surge on Wall Street and briefly dipped into the red a day after the market's biggest drop since 2008.The Dow had been up 945 points in the early going, dipped into the red and then went higher again shortly after noon.Markets bumped up after Vice President Mike Pence said the nation's big health insurers would cover co-pays for coronavirus testing.
Visit by VP Pence to Onalaska canceled, instead he is heading to Washington state
ONALASKA, Wis. -- A planned visit by Vice President Mike Pence to Onalaska for Thursday, March 5 has been canceled.Pence and his wife Karen were expected to appear at the Stoney Creek Inn for a visit.
President Trump names Vice President Pence to lead US response to coronavirus threat
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nation's response.President Trump sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S. But he said he was ready to spend “whatever's appropriate,” even if that meant the extra billions of dollars that Democrats have said is necessary to beef up the U.S. response.
Vice President Pence coming to Wisconsin, Minnesota in March
ONALASKA -- Vice President Mike Pence will campaign for President Donald Trump next month in Minnesota and Wisconsin.The Trump campaign announced Friday that Pence and his wife Karen will appear March 5 in Onalaska, Wisconsin, near LaCrosse.
VP Mike Pence visits Madison, rallies supporters saying 'school choice is here to stay'
MADISON — History was made inside Wisconsin capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
VP Mike Pence will attend Wisconsin School Choice Student Showcase in Madison Jan. 28
MADISON -- Vice President Mike Pence will attend the Wisconsin School Choice Student Showcase in Madison on Tuesday, Jan. 28.VP Pence will deliver remarks at the showcase -- an event organized by Hispanics for School Choice in celebration of National School Choice Week, according to a news release from VP Pence's office.The visit will take place exactly two weeks after President Donald Trump's rally in Milwaukee.
Gov. Tony Evers won't be in Capitol for Vice President Mike Pence's visit
MADISON — Democratic Wisconsin Gov.
1-on-1 with VP Mike Pence in Milwaukee: 'Wisconsin will play a leading role, as it did in 2016'
MILWAUKEE -- Vice President Mike Pence spoke ahead of President Donald Trump during a "Keep America Great" rally in Milwaukee Tuesday, Jan. 14, and before that, VP Pence made a surprise pit stop at a Milwaukee Culver's restaurant -- also speaking exclusively with FOX6 News.It's not often you get the president and vice president at the same rally, but the one-two punch shows how crucial Wisconsin is in 2020.
Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops
ERBIL, Iraq — Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.Flying in a C-17 military cargo jet to preserve the secrecy of the visit to the conflict zone, Pence landed in Erbil to meet with Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani.
'The USMCA is a win for Wisconsin workers:' Vice President Pence speaks in Marinette
MARINETTE, Wis. -- Vice President Mike Pence spoke at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) Nov. 20, discussing the United States' economy and military defense and, more specifically, President Donald Trump's United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA).He opened by thanking FMM, a designer and builder of military marine vessels for the U.S. Navy, for the company's contributions to the country's national defense before shifting gears and addressing the ongoing impeachment hearings regarding President Trump."While Democrats in Congress continue to spend all their time on endless investigations and a partisan impeachment," Pence said in reference to impeachment hearings. "They haven't found time to fund our national defense, or give us the (budget) increases that President Trump knows we need."In addition to support for President Trump amid the impeachment hearings, Pence called for support for the USMCA which has been signed by President Trump but is yet to be ratified by Congress."The USMCA is a win for Wisconsin workers and American jobs, I promise you," Pence said.
Vice President Mike Pence to visit Wisconsin, Indiana next week
MADISON — Vice President Mike Pence is planning to visit Wisconsin and his home state of Indiana next week.Pence’s office announced Wednesday that he was scheduled to tour and deliver remarks at shipbuilder Marinette Marine in northeast Wisconsin on Nov. 20.
VP Mike Pence visits Uline in Pleasant Prairie, talks about new trade pact
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Vice President Mike Pence makes good on a promise to come to southeast Wisconsin just a week after postponing a visit to travel to Turkey.
Kenosha Democrats rally to highlight what they call President Trump's 'broken promises'
KENOSHA -- Democrats protested Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday, Oct. 23, highlighting what they are calling the Trump administration's "broken promises."Union members, community leaders, and Democrats held a rally in Kenosha Wednesday to speak out -- and share their opposition to a proposed trade deal that would replace NAFTA."The new NAFTA isn't any better than the old NAFTA," said State Rep.