VOA News A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to issue subpoenas to Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross seeking documents related to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the country’s 2020 census. Republican Justin Amash of Michigan joined 22 Democrats to approve the motion, 23-14. «The […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – State Department correspondent Cindy Saine and VOA Russian service reporter Valeria Jegisman contributed to this report WHITE HOUSE — North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is set to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress Wednesday, ahead of a meeting in Washington of the alliance’s foreign ministers. House Speaker Nancy […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Associated Press CHICAGO —Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s resounding victory was a clear call for change at City Hall and a historic repudiation of the old-style, insider politics that have long defined the nation’s third-largest city. Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who’d never been elected to public office, defeated Cook County Board President […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Masood Farivar CAPITOL HILL — The Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee is set to vote Wednesday to authorize subpoenas to obtain the full report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election from special counsel Robert Mueller, as well as the testimonies of five former White House officials interviewed by the special […]Load more...
INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK — Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore attracts more than 3.6 million visitors every year, but that number is expected to grow because the 6,000-hectare site on the shore of Lake Michigan is now Indiana Dunes National Park — the country’s newest. America’s National Parks System includes more than 400 parks, monuments, conservation areas […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at the country’s territory of Puerto Rico, contending that its leaders are incompetent, foolish and corrupt in overseeing its recovery from two devastating 2017 hurricanes. Trump complained Tuesday that the Caribbean island is getting $91 billion in government assistance to help […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Steve Baragona WASHINGTON — When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced their Green New Deal resolution, Markey said it would be «the greatest blue-collar job creation program in a generation.» President Donald Trump, on the other hand, said it would «put millions of Americans out of work.» Battle lines have been […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Victoria Macchi Midway through the fiscal year, the United States is on track to resettle one of the lowest numbers of refugees in the program’s history. From the beginning of October until the end of March, 12,151 refugees came to the U.S. primarily from three countries: Democratic Republic of Congo (48 percent), […]Load more...
VOA NEWS – Ken Bredemeier The majority Democrats on a House of Representatives committee are moving this week to subpoena the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and five former White House officials. The House Judiciary Committee had called for full disclosure by Tuesday […]Load more...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to tackle national priorities and help young Americans strengthen their communities and our nation while reducing the burden of student debt, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative John B. Larson (D-CT) are leading the charge to expand and promote national service opportunities and help make college more affordable. […]Load more...
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