VOA News By Ken Bredemeier, Kenneth Schwartz WASHINGTON – Former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg will enter the country’s first primary election Tuesday leading in the delegate count. Iowa’s Democratic Party released the results of last week’s caucus which was saddled by confusion and chaos partially due to a faulty app. Buttigieg took 14 of the […]Load more...
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Key U.S. Republican senators are saying that President Donald Trump‘s request to Ukraine to launch an investigation to benefit himself politically was wrong, but did not amount to a significant enough offense to convict him on impeachment charges and remove him from office. Trump has for months described as «perfect» […]Load more...
VOA News By Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – A Connecticut opera singer charged with using an SUV to blast through barricades outside President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, drawing law enforcement gunfire, refused to appear in court Saturday, delaying her initial appearance. Palm Beach County Judge Ted Booras said Hannah Roemhild’s first hearing would be […]Load more...
VOA News By Associated Press WASHINGTON – A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrates the consternation and outright alarm caused by President Donald Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian could hit Alabama. A top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official even called the president’s behavior […]Load more...
KYIV – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Friday that the Trump administration would not waver in its support for Ukraine and denied charges at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Pompeo met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday and denied allegations that vital military aid and a White House visit were […]Load more...
VOA News A U.S. Republican senator says there is no need to call witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial because Democrats have already shown Trump’s actions are «inappropriate» but not impeachable. Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said in a statement Thursday, «There is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already […]Load more...
CNN News By Nicole Chavez and Rafy Rivera, CNN Ponce, Puerto Rico (CNN)Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced fired the island’s emergency manager, hours after a warehouse filled with supplies was discovered.The emergency aid is believed to be from when Hurricane Maria hit the island two years ago, the governor said. A warehouse filled with bottled water and emergency supplies […]Load more...
VOA News By AP WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court that seems more favorable to religion-based discrimination claims is set to hear a case that could make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states. The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a dispute over a Montana scholarship program for […]Load more...
VOA News El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos renovó una licencia que permite a Chevron continuar operando en Venezuela durante otros tres meses, como una exención a las sanciones contra la estatal petrolera PDVSA que buscan presionar la salida del poder del presidente en disputa, Nicolás Maduro. La Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros […]Load more...
Photo: La escuela pública Agripina Seda se ve parcialmente derruida tras un terremoto en Guánica, Puerto Rico, el 7 de enero de 2020. (AP Foto/Carlos Giusti) VOA News By AP SAN JUAN — La gobernadora de Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez, despidió el sábado al comisionado del Negociado para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres […]Load more...