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.

Democratic debate: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders spar over her claim he said woman can't win

DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren made a vigorous case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival Bernie Sanders Tuesday night, Jan. 14 in a tense Democratic debate that raised gender as a key issue in the sprint to Iowa’s presidential caucuses.Sanders vehemently denied Warren's accusation, which threatened to split the Democratic Party’s far-left flank -- and a longtime liberal alliance -- at a critical moment in the 2020 contest.“Look at the men on this stage.

'We will never stay silent:' Groups unite for protest during Pres. Trump's Milwaukee rally

MILWAUKEE -- As Democrats prepared for their last debate before primary voting commences, President Donald Trump was eager to provide political counter-programming in a nearby battleground state.

'An attack on Obamacare:' Dems protest Pres. Trump's 'broken promises on health care'

MILWAUKEE -- Democratic leaders in Milwaukee held a news conference on Tuesday morning, Jan. 14 to about what they called President Donald Trump's "broken promises on health care." This, ahead of President Trump's campaign rally Tuesday evening in Milwaukee.Instead of hosting a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena Tuesday night, Democrats and protesters said he should be talking one-on-one with people about their struggles to access and afford quality health insurance.

'A lot of people coming early:' Pres. Trump's rally, Bucks game to draw crowds downtown

MILWAUKEE -- The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena and nearby Fiserv Forum were expected to be packed Tuesday evening, Jan. 14 -- with two major events scheduled.

Supporters line up in downtown Milwaukee ahead of President Trump rally

MILWAUKEE — President Donald Trump headed to battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday, Jan. 14 to rally supporters at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena -- just down the street from where Democrats will meet in July to nominate his opponent.

Wisconsin appeals court puts voter rolls purge on hold

MADISON — A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday put on hold an order to immediately remove up to 209,000 names from the state's voter registration rolls, handing Democrats who had fought the move a victory in the battleground state.The appeals court sided with the bipartisan state elections commission in putting the brakes on removing any voters while the court fight continues.

House votes Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate

WASHINGTON — The House is preparing to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the historic trial, several people told The Associated Press.Speaker Nancy Pelosi was meeting privately Tuesday at the Capitol with House Democrats about next steps, ending her blockade almost a month after they voted to impeach President Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.Pelosi suggested the House vote on Wednesday to transmit the charges and name the House managers for the case, according to one Democratic aide unauthorized to discuss the closed-door meeting.The action will launch the rare Senate proceeding, only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history, a dramatic endeavor coming amid the backdrop of a politically divided nation and the start of an election year.The trial would begin in a matter of days.

'It's going to be congested:' Pres. Trump rally, Bucks game will make for a busy downtown on Tuesday

MILWAUKEE -- President Donald Trump scheduled a rally in Milwaukee Tuesday evening, Jan. 14 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and with a Milwaukee Bucks game taking place at the same time across the street at Fiserv Forum, police and Bucks officials asked people to expect closures and delays, and plan ahead.

President Trump ups Iran accusations, says 4 US embassies targeted

WASHINGTON — Confronted by persistent questions about his military action in the Middle East, President Donald Trump and his top officials offered a string of fresh explanations Friday, with President Trump now contending Iranian militants had planned major attacks on four U.S. embassies.Just hours earlier, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said the U.S. didn’t know when or where attacks might occur.

White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration by President Donald Trump, according to six people familiar with the deliberations.A document outlining the plans — timed to coincide with the third anniversary of President Trump's January 2017 executive order — has been circulating the White House.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: House moving to send impeachment to Senate next week

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial.In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their ''courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president.“In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do ‘impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws,'' Pelosi wrote. ”Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution.”Pelosi has been in a standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that has consumed Capitol Hill and scrambled the political dynamics more than three weeks after the House impeached President Trump.She said she has asked House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to be prepared to bring to the floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.“I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further,” Pelosi wrote.

US adds more Iran sanctions, confronts doubts about threat

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered new retaliatory economic sanctions on Iran Friday, even as his administration faced persistent questions over its drone strike on an Iranian general that helped ignite the latest crisis with the Islamic Republic.President Trump issued an executive order adding additional U.S. sanctions to an already long list his administration has imposed, aiming to force Iran to accept a new agreement that would curb its nuclear program and halt support for militant groups throughout the Middle East.The president, in a statement announcing the new measures, referenced Iran's nuclear program and use of proxy forces throughout the region while noting that the Iranians have threatened U.S. service members, diplomats and civilians — an apparent reference to his administration's justification for killing Gen.

President Trump boasts Iranian general's death was 'American justice'

TOLEDO, Ohio — President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice" by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen.

House approves measure to restrain President Trump’s actions on Iran

WASHINGTON — Re-igniting a debate over who has the power to declare war, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday approved a resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.The war powers resolution is not binding on the president and would not require his signature.

New Trump administration rule could speed up infrastructure, but impact climate

WASHINGTON -- President Trump is proposing a change to a 50-year-old law designed to protect the environment.“The United States will not be able to compete and prosper in the 21st Century if we continue to allow a broken and outdated bureaucratic system hold us back from building what we need,” President Trump said Thursday.President Trump wants to limit how long projects can be under environmental review.He hopes the change will speed up efforts to fix American’s roadways, airports, and bridges.“This effort if these regulations are finalized might be the biggest improvement in government decision making in over a generation,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said.Bernhardt said the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act is ready for an update.“We’re just trying to do things in a way that is a little smarter, a little clearer and a little quicker, and I think it is really a big step forward.”Secretary Bernhardt said this will speed up new projects that have been delayed.But other groups said without the safeguards protections for the environment and public health could be at risk.“Federal decision-makers should look before they leap when it comes to large projects and infrastructure,” Mike Saccone, Spokesperson for the National Wildlife Federation said.Saccone said there’s a reason for a long review process and worries about the new rules’ impact on climate change.“At a time when we’re seeing record wildfires, floods and other climate-fueled disasters it simply doesn’t add up to take climate out of the equation for federal decision-makers.”The new rule isn’t finalized and will be subject to 60 days of public comment.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will 'soon' transmit impeachment to Senate

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will "soon'' transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, but warned that Senate Republicans are rushing to acquittal without a fair trial.Pelosi brushed back GOP claims that Democrats are afraid to send the impeachment case to the Senate.

House to vote Thursday on curbing President Trump's actions against Iran

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi set a House vote for Thursday on limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the plan in a one-page statement that said last week's drone strike that killed Gen.

President Trump says Iran appears to be 'standing down' after strike

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war Wednesday, as President Donald Trump indicated he would not respond militarily after no one was harmed in Iran's missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.Speaking from the White House, President Trump seemed intent on de-escalating the crisis, which reached a new height after he authorized the targeted killing last week of Gen.