VOA NEWS/Nike Ching STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expressing optimism that trade talks with China aimed at ending tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of products will be successful. «It’s never over till it’s over, but they’ve made a lot of progress, and so I’m very hopeful that in […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a wide-ranging investigation Monday of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, his businesses, his transition to power and whether as president he has obstructed justice to thwart probes of him. The House Judiciary Committee sent letters to 81 people and entities linked to Trump, […]readmore
VOA News/Aline Barros & June Soh BETHESDA, MARYLAND — Jacqueline Landaverde, 17, applied to colleges hoping to study political science and law. Kevin Palma, also 17, wants to major in health sciences and eventually become a cardiovascular surgeon. While both live in Massachusetts and were born in the U.S., their parents weren’t. They came to the […]readmore
VOA News The parents of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who was released from North Korean custody in a vegetative state, accused North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of «unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity» Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to blame Kim for the death of their son. «Kim and his evil […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump will address a friendly audience Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, capping a tumultuous week highlighted by failed talks at a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and damning testimony before Congress by former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The conference promises to be a welcome […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar CAPITOL HILL — It barely registered with lawmakers during disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen’s dramatic congressional testimony Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s alleged misdeeds throughout the 2016 presidential campaign and his first year in office. But in what could spell a major legal headache for Trump, House Democrats are investigating whether the president hid […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — In what promises to be a riveting and historic televised hearing, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former long-time personal lawyer, is set to appear before a House oversight panel Wednesday to provide an intimate look at the Trump business empire. Cohen will become the highest-profile witness since the 1970s Watergate scandal […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Steve Herman ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump is in Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead to the North Korean leader giving up his nuclear weapons. «I think we’ll have a very tremendous summit. We want denuclearization, and I think he’ll […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Katherine Gypson CAPITOL HILL — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have blasted Democrats for going easy on immigration enforcement — allegations that only intensified throughout the contentious 35-day government shutdown earlier this year triggered by a dispute over Trump’s demand for billions of dollars in funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Immigration and border […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Steve Herman ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead to the North Korean leader to give up his nuclear weapons. «I think we’ll have a very tremendous summit. We want denuclearization, and I […]readmore