VOA NEW – Associated Press Six months after hurricanes devastated the Southeast, infighting among Washington’s tribes has shelved a widely backed disaster aid package that’s desperately being sought by President Donald Trump’s allies in Florida and Georgia. Trump’s opposition to aid to Puerto Rico — slammed by back-to-back hurricanes in 2017 — has sparked a […]readmore
VOA NEWS-Faiza Elmasry WASHINGTON — After a long day at school, 10-year-old Andrea Nichelson likes to play tennis. She’s been doing this for five years now, and she loves it. “What I like most about tennis is the game. It really gets my attention than anything I do. It brings up the fire in me,” she […]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 – Michael Bowman & Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump contended Wednesday that investigators who started an initial probe into his 2016 campaign were attempting […]readmore
PHOTO:U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, center, addresses a meeting on Venezuela in the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters, April 10, 2019. VOA NEWS – Margaret Besheer UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the United Nations on Wednesday to «stand up for democracy» and recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as […]readmore
FILE – 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents during an organizing event, March 1, 2019, in Dubuque, Iowa. VOA NEWS- Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new tax on corporate profits that’s designed to prevent business giants from taking advantage of the existing tax code […]readmore
Photo: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2019. Agence France-Presse U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled his updated «Medicare for all» plan Wednesday with several rival Democratic presidential hopefuls jumping onboard, spotlighting […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Masood Farivar Ihar Tsikhanenka contributed to this report WASHINGTON — Last month, Jeff Schoep, the self-styled commander of one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the United States, took to VKontakte, Russia’s version of Facebook, to update his followers about a brewing scandal. Schoep’s group, the National Socialist Movement, was outraged over […]readmore
At least 32 babies have died while in the sleeper. Why is it still on the market? A Consumer Reports investigation into the safety of the Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play Sleeper—a product designed and marketed for babies to sleep on an incline—found that it is tied to at least 32 infant deaths. Amid CR’s investigation—and […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned after 16 months on the job and immense pressure from the White House and public over the situation along the country’s southern border. «Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Jeff Custer U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to the U.S. – Mexico border Friday to view a border wall project, one day after backing down on a threat to shut down the southern border unless Mexico takes action to stop illegal migrant and drug traffic into the United States. […]readmore