Mar 05 Insurers will cover virus tests, but costs may apply By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Tom Murphy, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is assuring Americans that lab tests for coronavirus will be covered by private and government health insurance. But that promise appears to be less than airtight. Continue reading
Feb 28 What Pence’s handling of an HIV outbreak means for his coronavirus role By Gretchen Frazee Pence has been tapped to lead the nation's response to the novel coronavirus, but critics have raised concerns about his handling of another viral outbreak -- HIV in rural Indiana. Continue reading
Feb 27 Pence tries to project calm as U.S. virus response coordinator By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Pence convened his first meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force on Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump made him the government's point-person for the epidemic. Continue reading
Feb 26 WATCH: Trump puts Pence in charge of novel coronavirus response By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence will be working with the government's top health authorities, and Trump's earlier-appointed coronavirus task force, to oversee the response. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 11:16 Trump moves to reassure public on virus response, appointing Pence to lead it President Trump has faced criticism for his response to the global outbreak of novel coronavirus. On Wednesday, he held a briefing about how the federal government is mobilizing in case the illness spreads widely within the U.S. Yamiche Alcindor and… Continue watching
Jan 27 Pence’s office says Trump didn’t ask VP to raise Biden probe By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence's office says he was not asked by President Donald Trump to raise the Biden family or Burisma in conversations with the president of Ukraine last year. Continue reading
Nov 23 Pence on surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops By Zeke Miller, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 6:53 News Wrap: Trump Foundation ordered to settle lawsuit for $2 million In our news wrap Thursday, a state judge in New York ordered President Trump to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he funneled money from his charitable foundation to his 2016 presidential campaign. The Trump Foundation denied wrongdoing… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 18:47 Watch our interview with Vice President Mike Pence By Judy Woodruff Vice President Mike Pence has been central to U.S. policy in Syria. After President Trump's controversial decision to withdraw American troops from the country and the ensuing Syrian incursion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pence was instrumental in securing… Continue watching
Oct 28 House voting to impeach Trump not a ‘foregone conclusion,’ Pence says By Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Mike Pence, in an interview on Monday with PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, fiercely defended President Trump against allegations that it was inappropriate to discuss with the leader of Ukraine the possibility of investigating Joe… Continue reading