VOA News/Carla Babb PENTAGON — The U.S. service member killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan was conducting combat operations against Taliban forces, a defense official told VOA. International forces in the country had announced earlier in the day, without providing details, that one American service member had been killed in action. A press release said the death […]readmore
VOA News Tens of thousands of people throughout the world will pursue their American dreams this month, now that the State Department has opened the annual green card lottery, also known as the diversity lottery. The State Department said Tuesday that it was opening the visa lottery, making 50,000 visas available for fiscal 2020 by […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — The United States is making its most pointed allegations yet that China is targeting the American political system, claiming it is an attempt to undermine the administration of President Donald Trump by employing power in more proactive and coercive ways. “China wants a different American president,” said Vice President Mike […]readmore
CAPITOL HILL — Amid strenuous objections by Democrats, Senate Republicans on Thursday pledged to move forward with votes to confirm U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, hours after the FBI released a report on its investigation of sexual assault allegations against the nominee. Senators were duty-bound not to divulge details of the FBI […]readmore
VOA News The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill an open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is moving toward a final vote as early as Saturday. First though, senators are on Thursday reviewing an FBI report on allegations Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when both were teenagers and that he exposed himself to […]readmore
VOA/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — Americans across the country heard their cellphones simultaneously sound an alarm on Wednesday as the federal government tested, for the first time, its presidential wireless emergency alert system. Authorities assured the public in advance this was only a test, but in a real national emergency — such as the detection of […]readmore
VOA/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — It is the biggest-ever and the best trade deal in the world – that’s how U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his administration are touting a new trade pact they have reached with neighbors Canada and Mexico. “This landmark agreement will send cash and jobs pouring into the United States […]readmore
VOA/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — In years past, Democrats largely steered clear of campaigning on gun control for fear of alienating voters in conservative districts. That line of thinking appears to have changed in the wake of recent mass killings, including a deadly shooting at a Florida high school in February. From Florida to Republican-leaning Southern California, […]readmore
VOA/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — Why is the FBI conducting the probe? All presidential appointees undergo a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check — called a Special Inquiry (SPIN) — before their names are sent to the Senate for confirmation. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had undergone six such checks as part of previous government appointments. […]readmore
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized three Rhode Island schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. “I’m pleased to celebrate with you as your school is named a National Blue Ribbon School,” said U.S. Secretary of Education […]readmore