VOA News WASHINGTON — High-profile supporters of President Donald Trump are turning on special counsel Robert Mueller, the man charged with investigating Russian interference in the U.S. election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign. As Mueller builds his legal team, Trump’s allies have begun raising questions about the former FBI director’s impartiality, suggesting he cannot be trusted […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier/VOA WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is assailing the latest federal appellate court decision blocking his executive order restricting travel from six majority-Muslim countries where terrorist attacks have occurred. «Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again – Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a dangerous time in the history of our […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the results of the presidential election in South Korea: «We congratulate Moon Jae-in on his election victory in South Korea. While South Korea has been through a […]readmore
Voz de América La embajadora de Estados Unidos ante las naciones Unidas, Nikki Haley, dijo estar “profundamente preocupada” por la situación en Venezuela. “Estamos profundamente preocupados por la violenta represión del gobierno de Maduro contra los manifestantes en Venezuela”, expresó la embajadora en un comunicado emitido por la oficina de prensa de la misión de […]readmore
Several national U.S. television news outlets – ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN – have refused to air advertisements from President Donald Trump touting the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office. The paid ads feature nationally recognized television anchors with a «fake news» graphic superimposed on their faces. Trump has used the term «fake […]readmore
Peter Heinlein/VOA News WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump appears to be offering a grand bargain to Chinese President Xi Jinping in which each would get something he dearly wants — an assurance of economic stability ahead of a critical Communist Party Congress in exchange for Chinese help in halting North Korea’s nuclear programs. The offer […]readmore
Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “no longer obsolete,” three months after he said the alliance had outlived its usefulness because it had not defended against terrorist attacks. “The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in […]readmore
William Gallo/VOA News Carter Page, an adviser to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump whose communications were reportedly monitored under an FBI-obtained court order, denied Wednesday that he’d worked for the Russians. «Of course, I wasn’t a foreign agent,» he said in an interview with CNN. Last month, FBI Director James Comey acknowledged that his agency was […]readmore
The United States and Russia agreed Wednesday to call for an international investigation of the deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria last week that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to launch a retaliatory missile strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The joint bid for the United Nations and weapons experts to investigate […]readmore
VOA News El secretario de Justicia de Estados Unidos, Jeff Sessions, anunció el martes una nueva estrategia de mano dura en los procesamientos judiciales de inmigración. Sessions, que hizo el anuncio durante una gira por la frontera sur de la nación, detalló varios cambios que dijo son el inicio de una nueva era para ayudar […]readmore