• In Kenosha, Trump praises police after controversial remarks about violence

    In Kenosha, Trump praises police after controversial remarks about violence

    Sep 01, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    Wisconsin Democrats, such as U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan, who represents Madison, condemned the president's words. Rep. Mark Pocan, D- Wis.: We don't want people coming in from out of state with guns, acting like vigilantes, thinking that they're running the streets. And yet that is exactly ...

  • Trump, Biden trade blame over peaceful protests and violent incidents

    Trump, Biden trade blame over peaceful protests and violent incidents

    Aug 31, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    Yamiche Alcindor: President Trump defended his supporters on Twitter. And, this morning, he again threatened federal intervention, writing -- quote -- "If this joke of a mayor doesn't clean it up, we will go in and do it for them." Meanwhile, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, tensions remain high ahead of a planned ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Mike Pence speaks at Trump campaign event in Michigan

    WATCH LIVE: Mike Pence speaks at Trump campaign event in Michigan

    Aug 28, 2020 05:34 PM EST

    ... renomination for vice president. WATCH: Mike Pence’s full speech at the Republican National Convention In his RNC address, he mentioned the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prompted by the police shooting of Jacob Blake and later, the two people shot by a white 17-year-old during the protests over ...

  • WATCH: Mike Pence speaks at Trump campaign event in Minnesota

    WATCH: Mike Pence speaks at Trump campaign event in Minnesota

    Aug 28, 2020 05:30 PM EST

    ... GOP renomination for vice president. WATCH: Mike Pence’s full speech at the Republican National Convention In his address, he mentioned the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prompted by the police shooting of Jacob Blake and later, two people shot by a white 17-year-old during the protests over Blake ...

  • Deadly violence erupts in Kenosha, days after Blake shooting

    Deadly violence erupts in Kenosha, days after Blake shooting

    Aug 26, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... was on the way: "We will not stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on American streets." He vowed to "restore law and order." Separately, Wisconsin Governor Tony Ever again redoubled the number of state National Guard troops deployed in Kenosha to 500, still short of the 1,500 troops ...

  • Democrats kick off unprecedented virtual convention

    Democrats kick off unprecedented virtual convention

    Aug 17, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... to August. The venue, originally the Fiserv Forum, home to Milwaukee's NBA team, with capacity for 18,000 people, was changed to the smaller Wisconsin Center that can house up to 4,000 people. Instead of one city hosting the entire event, the convention will now be anchored from ...

  • Trump visits Midwest battleground as DNC kicks off

    Trump visits Midwest battleground as DNC kicks off

    Aug 17, 2020 01:04 PM EST

    APPLETON, Wisconsin -- Seeking to divert attention from the Democratic National Convention that had been planned for Milwaukee, President Donald Trump is traveling to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Monday where he’ll face a familiar foe: women in Republican-leaning suburbs who overwhelmingly disapprove of him and his handling ...

  • News Wrap: Russia approves vaccine for COVID-19

    News Wrap: Russia approves vaccine for COVID-19

    Aug 11, 2020 10:50 PM EST

    ... even martial law. Nick Schifrin: Lukashenko is now fighting for his survival. There's no telling how far he's willing to go. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin. Judy Woodruff: The State Department's internal watchdog has determined that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acted legally in ...

  • Can Biden win over Black voters who Clinton lost in 2016?

    Can Biden win over Black voters who Clinton lost in 2016?

    Jun 29, 2020 11:57 PM EST

    ... Wisconsin entirely during that cycle in favor of making campaign stops in other states thought to be more competitive. Democratic presidential nominees had not lost Wisconsin or Michigan -- where Clinton did make some late campaign stops -- since the 1980s, and the campaign considered the states to be reliably blue in ...

  • Most Americans think it will be at least 6 months before a return to normal from COVID-19

    Most Americans think it will be at least 6 months before a return to normal from COVID-19

    May 20, 2020 08:00 PM EST

    ... University and one of the authors of a preliminary report for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the role the virus played in the Wisconsin election. Nesson and his colleagues found that “Wisconsin counties with higher levels of in-person voting per polling location led to increases in the ...