VOA News By Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The top American commander in Afghanistan revealed Monday the size of U.S. troop force in the country has quietly been reduced by 2,000 over the last year, insisting remaining military personnel are still capable of reaching their stated objectives. The revelation by Gen. Austin Scott Miller, means the […]readmore
VOA News By Katherine Gypson CAPITOL HILL – When the U.S. Congress seeks to condemn the actions of a president, a cabinet member, a lawmaker or a judge, lawmakers can vote on a motion to «censure» the individual. Censure is a formal reprimand less severe than removing an official from their job. It requires a simple […]readmore
VOA NEWS By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – The White House admitted Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump froze $400 million in badly needed military aid to Ukraine to pressure it into investigating Democrats and the 2016 presidential election. The stunning revelation by acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney came after Trump spent weeks denying there was […]readmore
VOA News By Patsy Widakuswara DALLAS, TEXAS – U.S. President Donald Trump was in Texas Thursday, where he held a campaign rally in the city of Dallas to drum up support in a state that until recently could be counted on to vote Republican. In front of an enthusiastic crowd, Trump boasted about the U.S. brokered […]readmore
By VOA News The case for obstruction by the Trump administration continues to build, House Democrat Adam Schiff says, after senior members and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani defied subpoenas in the impeachment inquiry. Vice President Mike Pence’s office called the Democratic-led House inquiry «self-proclaimed» and the subpoena «too broad.» The Pentagon also says it is «unable […]readmore
VOA News By Jim Malone WASHINGTON – A dozen Democratic presidential candidates will be on stage for the party’s next primary debate Tuesday on the campus of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. This will be the fourth Democratic debate since June and will feature the largest group on stage for a single debate. Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi […]readmore
By VOA News The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a bipartisan report that calls on the U.S. government and private industry to prevent social media sites from being used to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, as they were in 2016. The report, released Tuesday after more than two years of investigating foreign electoral meddling, […]readmore
By VOA News Former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees. Volker has served as a special envoy to […]readmore
VOA News By Masood Farivar WASHINGTON – In March, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report to Attorney General William Barr without answering the most tantalizing question: Did President Donald Trump attempt to obstruct the investigation into whether Russians meddled with the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor. Barr, the savvy veteran Republican lawyer, wasted […]readmore
VOA News By Rob Garver WASHINGTON – It’s been a long, strange road for Rudy Giuliani, the hard-nosed prosecutor who gained fame as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership in New York City after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. Once seen as a promising Republican presidential candidate himself, Giuliani is now trying to beat back […]readmore