VOA News/Bill Rodgers GETTYSBURG, PA — On a recent Thursday evening, residents of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, brought bags filled with school supplies, toiletries, games and other items to be donated to a shelter in Baltimore, Maryland, that houses migrant children who have been separated from their families. Galvanized by the Trump administration’s now-ended policy of separating detained […]readmore
Associated Press HONOLULU — Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island, where the Kilauea volcano has been spewing huge amounts of lava for months, are bracing for the possibility that frequent earthquakes will cut off a major highway. Emergency officials dealing with the eruption are turning their focus to the aptly named village of Volcano, where dozens of […]readmore
VOA News The Trump administration has announced plans to freeze fuel efficiency standards for vehicles. The administration also announced Thursday it wants to rescind the authority of California and other states to set more stringent vehicle mileage standards to address environmental issues like climate change and smog. New fuel-efficiency requirements, which were set to take […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman Just hours after top U.S. national security leaders made a rare joint appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday to express concern about efforts by Russia and potentially others to meddle in upcoming U.S. elections, U.S. President Donald Trump made an appearance at a rally where he seemed to be unable […]readmore
VOA News The U.S. «remains deeply concerned with China’s long-standing restrictions on freedom of expression online,» a State Department official said Thursday, reacting to Google’s reported plan to relaunch its search engine in China. «We strongly object to all efforts by China to force U.S. companies to block or censor online content as a condition […]readmore
VOA/Cindy Saine U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his Turkish counterpart Friday in an effort to obtain the release of Andrew Brunson, a detained U.S. pastor who Turkey accuses of backing terrorism. The Trump administration has placed sanctions on Turkish officials because of Brunson’s detention. Turkey says the sanctions are unacceptable. Pompeo and […]readmore
VOA News/William Gallo U.S. President Donald Trump touted the economy’s strong second quarter performance Friday, saying «we’re on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years.» The U.S. economy grew at a 4.1-percent annualized rate in the second quarter, its fastest pace in nearly four years, the Commerce Department reported […]readmore
VOA News U.S. officials say they expect to reunite all eligible children who had been separated from their parents after entering the country illegally by Thursday’s court-ordered deadline (0700 UTC Friday). The Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday afternoon in San Diego that more than 1,400 children 5 years old and older had […]readmore
VOA News A U.S. military plane brought back 55 cases of remains North Korea says are of U.S. service members killed in the Korean War more than six decades ago, the White House confirmed in a statement late Thursday. “A U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft containing remains of fallen service members has departed Wonsan, North […]readmore
VOA News The court-ordered deadline has passed for U.S. officials to reunite all eligible children who were separated from their parents after entering the country. U.S. officials said they expected to reunite all eligible children who had been separated from their parents after entering the country illegally by Thursday’s court-ordered deadline (0700 UTC Friday). It […]readmore