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 Elizabeth Lee FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. – As with any war, there are winners and losers. That is also the case with the U.S.-China trade war. As the two countries battle, companies affected by high tariffs are looking to manufacture their products elsewhere, and businesses outside of the U.S. and China are seeing […]readmore
VOA News/By Associated Press NEW YORK – About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president’s handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak marks on other […]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 -The acting U.S. Homeland Security chief on Sunday defended raids last week on food processing plants in Mississippi searching for hundreds of undocumented migrants, but acknowledged «the timing was unfortunate,» just days after a gunman targeted and killed 22 Hispanics in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Kevin McAleenan […]readmore