VOA News U.S. officials in California say a wildfire burning near the border with Oregon has killed one person as it continues to grow in strength. Authorities say the fire destroyed buildings Friday and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. They did not give details about the person who died in the fire. The […]readmore
VOA News/Arya Hodjat WASHINGTON — Amid a wave of backlash against of the agency, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday visited the headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, echoing President Donald Trump’s praise and proclaiming the administration’s full support of the agency. «Just this week, President Trump called the men and women of ICE […]readmore
VOA News Embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has resigned after fighting numerous scandals and alleged ethics violations. «The unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us,» Pruitt wrote in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday. He wrote that it […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. first lady Melania Trump returned Thursday to the country’s border with Mexico, her second visit in a week to get a firsthand look at conditions surrounding the detention of thousands of migrants who have illegally entered the country, including children separated from their parents. Melania Trump landed at an air base […]readmore
VOA News/ Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody. A reporter at The Capital Gazette tweeted that a single gunman had fired into the newsroom and shot multiple employees. Phil Davis, who covers courts and crime […]readmore
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led members in the House and Senate to send a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging for an immediate extension of the June 30th deadline for Puerto Rican families currently participating in […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court, gives President Donald Trump a coveted opportunity make the second high court appointment of his term and sets the stage for one of the most consequential confirmation battles in decades. During his 30 years on the […]readmore
VOA News/Molly McKitterick What’s happening at the U.S. Mexico border? Arrests are down. Deportations are swift. And the children who are detained are young. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University has released information based on case-by-case data obtained from a Freedom of Information Act campaign. It covers the period from October 2014 […]readmore
WASHINGTON — Among the parents of more than 2,300 separated migrant children, three Central American parents sued the U.S. government over its policy of family separations Wednesday, the day U.S. President Donald Trump, under intense public pressure, ordered an end to the practice. But three days later, their situation had not changed and they’re “desperate” for […]readmore
VOA News/Mike O’Sullivan OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA —Protests continue over the treatment of migrants detained in Texas for entering the United States illegally, although the Trump administration on Wednesday reversed its controversial practice of separating detained children and parents at the border. Still, thousands of migrants remain in detention awaiting their court cases, and many are […]readmore