VOA News By Masood Farivar WASHINGTON – Greg Craig is an improbable figure in the national saga formerly known as the «Russia Investigation.» While almost everyone caught in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s cross-hairs — from Paul Manafort to Roger Stone — had close ties to President Donald Trump’s orbit, Craig was a conspicuous outsider. The 74-year-old veteran […]readmore
By VOA News The race to pick which Democratic candidate will face U.S. President Donald Trump in next year’s election is getting a little more clear. What once was a contest that seemingly added entrants every day is starting to narrow from a field that at one point featured about 20 candidates. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced […]readmore
By VOA News Residentes de Florida buscaron abastecerse de alimentos y agua potable mientras están a la espera del potente huracán Dorian, cuando aún no es claro por dónde tocará tierra durante el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo. El presidente Donald Trump ha dicho que podría ser un «absoluto monstruo», en un video […]readmore
By VOA News Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen into «a major hurricane later today,» the National Hurricane Center said Friday. «Dorian is likely to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane while it moves near the northwestern Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula through the weekend,» the center said. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state […]readmore
VOA News/By William Gallo South Korea’s decision to end a military intelligence sharing pact with Japan won’t necessarily have an immediate impact on regional security, but the move could challenge the U.S.-South Korea alliance at a particularly tense moment, analysts warn. South Korea announced Thursday it does not plan to renew the intelligence sharing agreement, […]readmore
VOA News/By Ken Bredemeier, Steve Herman The White House on Thursday abandoned its fight with Congress over whether to fund $4 billion in foreign aid and will allow the money to be spent. U.S. President Donald Trump had considered cutting the spending on the ground that it was wasteful and unnecessary, but he retreated when it […]readmore
VOA News/By Associated Press DES MOINES, IOWA – The chant “2 cents, 2 cents, 2 cents”started in the back of a crowd that packed sidewalks at the Iowa State Fair. Elizabeth Warren, basking in the spontaneous adulation of her proposed wealth tax, prompted roars with her call for the ultra-wealthy to “pitch in 2 cents so […]readmore
VOA News/By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is the leading Democratic presidential contender among two dozen candidates looking to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, but Biden is proving to be unchallenged at committing verbal gaffes on the campaign trail. Biden, with four decades on the American […]readmore
Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez is accompanied by her husband Judge Jorge Diaz during her swearing in ceremony as Puerto Rico’s new governor, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. VOA News/AP Associated Press SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – In one of her first moves as Puerto Rico’s new governor, Wanda Vazquez announced late […]readmore
VOA News By Sirwan Kajjo VOA’s Jeff Seldin contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — One of the two recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, is being treated as a case of domestic terrorism by U.S. federal authorities. The El Paso attack, which has left 22 people dead, has renewed debate over how […]readmore