VOA News By Chris Hannas The competition for the Democratic presidential nomination expands significantly Tuesday with voters in 14 states casting their ballots in support of the candidate they want to oppose President Donald Trump in the November national election. About one-third of the delegates that will be awarded during the state-by-state voting process are up […]readmore
By Reuters Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week, a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential contender voters prefer to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November. More than a third of delegates will be doled out in Tuesday’s nominating contests, compared with less than 5% awarded […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the easy winner of the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, faces an immediate new challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when 14 states vote Tuesday in party contests across the country. Biden, in three runs for the presidency, had never won a state […]readmore
VOA News By Michelle Quinn SAN FRANCISCO – As voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, the day when residents in 14 states weigh in on who will run for U.S. president, all eyes will be on California, the biggest prize. For the first time in years, California voters matter in the primary stage of […]readmore
VOA NEWS A gunman in the U.S. city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killed five people before killing himself Wednesday at a Molson Coors brewery. Police identified the shooter as a 51-year-old man but have withheld his name and the names of his victims until their families are notified. “There were five individuals who went to work […]readmore
VOA News U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested five figures linked to the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, variously accusing them of conspiring to intimidate journalists and harass churches and a cabinet official with whom they disagreed. John Denton of Montgomery, Texas, a former leader of the group, was charged with making a series of phony bomb […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks the spread of a new coronavirus in the United States is avoidable and expressed confidence his administration is ready to respond. “I don’t think it’s inevitable,” he told reporters at the White House. “It probably will. It possibly will. It could be at a very […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – In his third run for the U.S. presidency, former Vice President Joe Biden is fighting for his political life. But signs that he could possibly win Saturday’s key Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina give him a chance in the long string of nominating contests that follow in March. […]readmore
VOA News A new Gallup survey released Thursday shows that 53% of respondents, led by those who identified as Republicans, are satisfied with the position of the United States in the world. That figure is up 8 percentage points from last year and is the highest since 2003. Gallup reported a sharp partisan divide, but […]readmore
VOA News After 120 years and nearly 200 failed efforts, the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed a bill Wednesday making lynching a federal hate crime. The vote was 210 to 4. The Senate unanimously passed similar legislation last year. It now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature. A number of House members […]readmore