Vice President Mike Pence

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

US extends travel ban to UK, Ireland starting Tuesday

11:15 pm March 14, 2020

Washington: Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday that a travel ban imposed on European nations over the coronavirus pandemic would be extended to the United Kingdom and Ireland starting at 0400 GMT Tuesday. “Americans in the UK or Ireland can come home. Legal residents can come home,” Pence told a White House news conference, adding that such […]

Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff

3:52 pm March 7, 2020

Washington: In the midst of one of the most daunting crises of his administration, President Donald Trump on Friday announced he had made a major staff overhaul, replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows. While much of the country was focused on the spreading coronavirus, Trump announced the surprise […]

Six coronavirus deaths in US, 91 confirmed cases: Pence

1:59 pm March 3, 2020

Washington: The number of deaths in the US from the deadly coronavirus rose to six on Monday while the total number of confirmed cases in the country crossed 90, Vice President Mike Pence has said, as the novel virus continues to spread around the world despite travel restrictions. All the six deaths in the US […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat

2:34 pm February 27, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump faces a critical personal challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and some of his top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat. Keenly aware of the stakes not just for public health but also his credibility, Trump conducted a […]

Trump presents Conan the dog, ‘incredible’ hero of Baghdadi raid

7:50 am November 26, 2019

Washington: “So this is Conan — right now, probably the world’s most famous dog.” In a stream of superlatives, Donald Trump introduced to the world the military dog involved in the raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Conan did a fantastic job,” the US president told the […]