VOA News/Jim Malone WASHINGTON — Outside the White House Friday, a media frenzy. And at the center of it all, President Donald Trump. “Can we do one question at a time? Wait! One question at a time,» the president scolded reporters. Trump launched a new attack on the Russia probe in the wake of a critical […]readmore
VOA News U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has spent more time in space than any other American, retired Friday. During her career, Whitson logged 665 days in space over three missions, the equivalent of about one year and 10 months outside the Earth’s atmosphere. Whitson was also the first woman to command the International Space […]readmore
VOA News WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sent to jail on Friday after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of tampering with potential witnesses while free on bail. Manafort, 69, the first former Trump associate to go to prison, was indicted last week on two new counts […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not fire Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation, contradicting previous statements that the probe was the reason for his dismissal. «Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia!,» Trump said in a […]readmore
VOA News/Agencies WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — The United States’ allies in the G-7 vowed Thursday to push back against Washington’s decision to impose tariffs on their steel and aluminum exports, saying as they gathered for a meeting that the move threatens global growth. The escalating trade conflict between the United States and many key allies will […]readmore
VOA News/Michelle Quinn MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA — Outside Facebook’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday, a lone protester paced on the sidewalk, carrying a U.S. flag and a sign that read «Zuckerberg destroys shareholder value.» Above, a small plane pulled a banner that read «You Broke Democracy.» Inside, Facebook shareholders offered both praise and criticism of the company’s […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Schwartz The U.N. Security Council is giving South Sudan one month to stop fighting and sign a peace deal or face an arms embargo and sanctions. The council passed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday with the minimum nine votes needed for approval. Six members abstained. The resolution calls on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to report […]readmore
PENTAGON — China’s militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea will not scare off the United States, which is promising to continue carrying out so-called freedom-of-navigation exercises despite the rising threat. “I would just say that the United States military’s had a lot of experience in the Western Pacific taking down small islands,” Marine […]readmore
The U.S. Justice Department’s National Security Division, created in response to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, is increasingly focused on an emergent menace: cyberthreats posed by foreign countries, from Russia to China, the division head said Thursday. «In the past years, [the division’s mission] has come increasingly to include a focus on cyber as […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — The United States is escalating trans-Atlantic and North American trade tensions, imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico beginning on Friday. The U.S. also negotiated quotas or volume limits on other countries, such as […]readmore