Agence France-Presse CHICAGO — Patricia Gallagher Marchant was first abused by a priest who befriended her family when she was seven or eight years old. More than five decades later, the 61-year-old stood Wednesday in front of a throng of news cameras outside the downtown Chicago headquarters of the Catholic archdiocese in this sprawling American city, […]readmore
VOA News Divided government returns to the United States Thursday with the swearing-in of a new Congress. After two years in which Republicans controlled the White House, Senate and the House of Representatives, Democrats will be the majority in the House. That is the result of the November midterm elections in which Democrats made big […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) helped notch a major victory in the effort to combat Alzheimer’s disease and promote brain health, with the signing of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act this week. The BOLD Act authorizes $100 million over five years to develop a public health approach that will […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, the full U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rhode Island’s Assistant Attorney General Aaron L. Weisman to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office for Rhode Island. The Trump Administration tapped Mr. Weisman for the position in October, and he received backing from Rhode Island’s U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse. «Mr. Weisman […]readmore
VOA News/Reuters CARTAGENA — The United States is deeply concerned about an increase in coca cultivation in Colombia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, but will work with the Andean country to cut production of the raw material for cocaine in half by the end of 2023. Pompeo met with Colombian President Ivan Duque […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman on Wednesday visited the retired U.S. Marine who has been detained on espionage charges in Russia. He also spoke on the phone with the family of Paul Whelan, 48, according to a State Department statement that did not release any details of the call «due to privacy […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier & Chris Hannas WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump pushed again Wednesday for taxpayer funding of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, even as he claimed without evidence that Mexico is already paying for it through a new trade deal and that much of the barrier has been built. Trump is meeting with […]readmore
VOA News WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to what the White House is calling a «border security briefing» Wednesday, while a partial government shutdown hits its 12th day. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to attend the session. It is not clear if Senate Minority Leader […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Ken Bredemeier, Michael Bowman U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that not all of the barrier he wants to build along the Mexican border would be a concrete wall he has long called for. «An all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED, as has been reported by the media,» Trump contended in a Twitter remark. […]readmore
Voz de América WASHINGTON D.C. — La senadora Elizabeth Warren tomó el lunes un primer paso en el inicio de una campaña altamente anticipada para la presidencia, a la espera de que su reputación como una luchadora populista la ayude a navegar unas primarias demócratas que podría tener dos docenas de candidatos. «Sin importar nuestras diferencias, […]readmore