By VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Turkey to stop its offensive in northern Syria with calls for a cease-fire and sanctions against Turkish officials, as he plans to send a delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence to Ankara for talks to resolve the situation. Trump’s action follows sharp criticism in the week […]Load more...
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – The White House is being warned by leaders of the opposition Democratic Party, who control the House of Representatives, to expect a subpoena for documents about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Asked by a reporter at a news conference on Wednesday if he would cooperate with such requests […]Load more...
By VOA News Former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees. Volker has served as a special envoy to […]Load more...
VOA News – By Carla Babb PENTAGON – Three U.S. service members were wounded in an insider attack Monday in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, Army Col. Sonny Leggett, said a member of the Afghan Civil Order Police fired on a military convoy, and that the service members sustained «non-life-threatening injuries.» «The […]Load more...
By VOA News The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are expected to feel the effects of Tropical Depression Karen to the islands Tuesday. The National Weather Service warned Monday that Karen was expected to bring flash floods and mudslides to the islands starting Tuesday into Wednesday. Monday evening, Karen was 215 kilometers […]Load more...
By VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed any talk about impeachment by some Democrats over reports that he tried to pressure Ukraine’s president to investigate leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Trump told reporters as he arrived at the United Nations that he is not taking such threats «at all seriously.» He also again […]Load more...
By VOA News WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Iran’s national bank Friday, further escalating economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. «I think the sanctions work,» Trump said during a joint White House news conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump also said «the military would work, but that is a […]Load more...
VOA News By Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON – Security officials these days are anything but shy when they describe the dangers facing the United States in cyberspace. “We’re in the midst, I think we all know, of a global cyber pandemic,” the National Security Agency’s top lawyer warned at a conference last week. And NSA General Counsel […]Load more...
By VOA News Why do Americans celebrate Labor Day? Labor Day is a national holiday, created to honor U.S. workers and their contribution to the economy. Many Americans use the day to celebrate the end of summer and would be surprised to know the day has its roots in the labor movement of the late […]Load more...
VOA News – By Ken Bredemeier, Chris Hannas Hurricane Dorian battered Grand Bahama Island on Monday as the monster storm virtually stalled, toppling and damaging thousands of homes and sending a «life-threatening storm surge» barreling across low-lying coastal lands. Forecasters called the storm «catastrophic» and «devastating.» They predicted Dorian would continue to pound the island throughout much […]Load more...
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