PHOTO: Larry Hopkins appears in a police booking photo taken at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 20, 2019. VOA News The leader of an armed civilian militia group that has been detaining illegal border crossers at the U.S. Mexico-border appeared in court Monday. He faces charges of being […]readmore
A photo illustration dated April 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. shows an editor looking at a photograph of U.S. Attorney General William Barr (L) speaking about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report, juxtaposed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. VOA News – Michael Bowman WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican lawmakers […]readmore
VOA News – Steve Herman Although the special counsel’s 448-page report into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign does not fully exonerate President Donald Trump he is certainly taking it that way. «I’m having a good day, too,» Trump declared in the White House East Room as the report was released. «It’s called no collusion, no […]readmore
Photo: Ivanka Trump’s final stop in Africa was in Abidjan, where she spoke at a summit of female entrepreneurs. (E. Sarai/VOA) VOA News – Esha Sarai ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST —Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald’s Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser, spoke Wednesday to a summit of women entrepreneurs in the Ivory Coast. “Societies that […]readmore
FILE – President Donald Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico’s then-President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, participate in the USMCA signing ceremony, Nov. 30, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. VOA News – Reuters WASHINGTON — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may […]readmore
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is photographed, April 18, 2019, in Washington. VOA News Special counsel Robert Mueller investigated 11 instances in which he suspected that President Donald Trump had obstructed justice by trying to thwart his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election […]readmore
VOA News – Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department will release on Thursday a redacted version of the nearly 400-page report of special counsel Robert Mueller on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election aimed at helping Donald Trump win the presidency. In a steady drumbeat against the Mueller investigation, Trump claimed again Tuesday […]readmore
Photo: President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before boarding Marine One helicopter, April 10, 2019. VOA News – Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — “When they go low, we go high,” former first lady Michelle Obama recited as her motto. When it comes […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Henry Ridgwell LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has no knowledge of the website WikiLeaks, after the whistleblowing site’s founder, Julian Assange, was arrested in Britain. The 47-year-old Australian national had been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012, but was ejected Thursday and taken into custody […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Ramon Taylor ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK — It may surprise no one to see names like «The Russo Family» from Sicily, Italy, or Anton Ivanovich Malygin from St. Petersburg, Russia, inscribed on Ellis Island’s American Immigrant Wall of Honor — a manifestation of common migration patterns to the United States from Europe more than a […]readmore