VOA News/Dora Mekouar Fewer Americans appear to be celebrating Valentine’s Day now as opposed to a decade ago. The National Retail Federation says that 10 years ago, more than 60 percent of adults planned to celebrate the day that’s dedicated to love, but that number has dropped to just over half in 2019. Valentine’s Day, which is […]readmore
VOA News/Michael Bowman & Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is not pleased with the agreement lawmakers reached for limited new barrier construction along the U.S.-Mexican border, but that he does not foresee another partial government shutdown over the dispute. «I can’t say I’m happy. I can’t say I’m thrilled,» Trump told […]readmore
VOA News/Henry Ridgwell U.S. allies have given a cautious welcome to the announcement of a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to be held later this month in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang. The planned meeting was the major foreign policy announcement Tuesday in President Trump’s State of […]readmore
VOA News/Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL — From Russia to Venezuela, U.S. lawmakers highlighted weighty global concerns and American foreign-policy challenges on the eve of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress. A top Democrat on Monday savaged Trump’s handing of matters on the world stage. «Tomorrow, the president will say, predictably, that the […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — White House officials are expressing anger after an insider leaked months of President Donald Trump’s private schedules. The release of the information is a “disgraceful breach of trust,” according to Madeleine Westerhout, the director of Oval Office operations. In a tweet, Westerhout said what the documents do not show “are […]readmore
VOA News After hearing nearly three months of testimony, a New York jury is set Monday to begin deliberations in the drug-smuggling case against infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman. The jurors heard testimony from more than 50 prosecution witnesses about the 61-year-old Guzman’s rise to power as head of the Sinaloa drug […]readmore
VOA/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is refusing to rule out the possibility of another partial government shutdown to win congressional approval of funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico. But he also signaled strongly he plans to declare a national emergency to build the barrier without assent from lawmakers. «I […]readmore
VOA News/Mark Young Today is ‘Super Bowl’ Sunday, the day of the national championship for American football. This year the New England Patriots will play the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta for the National Football League’s (NFL) Vince Lombardi Trophy. This will be the 11th time the Patriots compete in the Super Bowl, and the […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Miller SEOUL — Despite the Trump administration asserting there’s been ongoing progress in talks with North Korea over its commitment to denuclearize, it is unclear what has been achieved ahead of the U.S. announced summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Bruce Klinger, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation, […]readmore
VOA News/Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has paid a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. Trump arrived shortly after 11 a.m. to pay his respects on a frigid and windy day. He was joined by Vice President Mike Pence, who accompanied Trump […]readmore