VOA News/Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL — One day after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court, federal judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence. «The president really could not have done a better job of picking an extraordinarily […]readmore
VOA News It is unlikely that the U.S. government will be able to reunite all the immigrant children younger than 5 who were forcibly separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border by Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline, according to a statement issued by the American Civil Liberties Union late Sunday. “It’s extremely disappointing that the Trump […]readmore
VOA News The privilege of naming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court — judges whose decisions could affect the lives of Americans for decades — is one of the most consequential choices a president can make. President Donald Trump has already placed one justice on the court, Neil Gorsuch, and says he wants to choose […]readmore
VOA News U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged North Korea on Sunday to replicate Vietnam in forging a new relationship with the United States, much like Hanoi has done more than four decades after the Vietnam War against the U.S. ended. The top U.S. diplomat, visiting the Vietnamese capital after two days of talks […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney said Sunday the president’s legal team is «close to determining» that he won’t sit for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign aimed at helping Trump win. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and […]readmore
Reid Publicized Clinton-DNC Dossier Allegations Following Brennan Briefing (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for records of communications with former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and his staff regarding the anti-Trump dossier funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National […]readmore
VOA News The man alleged of killing one and injuring many others last year by plowing his car through a group of protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, pled not guilty Thursday to multiple federal hate crime charges. James Fields Jr., the man suspected, was charged in June with 28 counts of […]readmore
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