Former US Vice President Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Pence was in the Capitol when thousands of Trump …
Read More »Trump re-election campaign events pulled over COVID-19 spikes
US Vice President Mike Pence has been forced to cancel re-election campaign events as the coronavirus surged in a number of battleground states. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country rose to more than 2.5 million on Saturday, according to a tally kept by John Hopkins University. …
Read More »Second White House staffer tests positive for coronavirus
A member of United States Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, briefly delaying his Friday flight to Iowa and prompting some fellow passengers on Air Force Two to disembark, according to a White House official. Pence’s flight was delayed more than an hour on …
Read More »Trump, Pence test negative for COVID-19 after worker tests positive
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were tested for Covid-19 and found to be negative after a member of the U.S. military who works on the White House campus contracted the virus, Bloomberg has reported. The president and vice president “remain in great health,” White House spokesman …
Read More »“Absolute Monster” hurricane churning to Florida.
Hurricane Dorian strengthen into an “extremely dangerous” storm as it barrels towards the US, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said. Dorian is now a Category Three hurricane. The storm is expected to hit Florida as a 130mph (209km/h) category four. Forecasters warn it could be the state’s deadliest storm …
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