VOA News/William Gallo WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency, bypassing Congress to build a wall along the southern U.S. border, and setting up a legal challenge that could help determine the limits of U.S. presidential power. Warning against what he called “gang monsters” and an “invasion” of drugs and crime, Trump […]Load more...
VOA News/Brian Padden WASHINGTON — Accusations of extortion and blackmail made by the world’s richest man against a national gossip newspaper may have breached the legal limits of broad press freedoms protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, who owns both the Amazon online shopping site and The Washington […]Load more...
VOA News/Julie Taboh GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND — Sarah Dwyer has always loved chocolate. Especially caramels. “When I was little I used to like to squish all the ones in the box to find the chocolate-covered caramels,” she says. So in 2009, when she decided to leave a lucrative job in banking to spend a year in France, […]Load more...
FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows Wisdom and her new chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. HONOLULU — The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, […]Load more...
VOA News OSLO — Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said Monday. Mining of sand and gravel, widely used in the construction industry, could boost the economy for Greenland’s 56,000 […]Load more...
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the resignation of Democratic freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who apologize Monday after drawing widespread condemnation from both Republicans and her fellow Democrats for comments deemed anti-Semitic. The president told reporters Tuesday that Omar’s apology was «lame» and added, «She didn’t mean a word of it.» Trump […]Load more...
Photo FILE – In this Jan. 19, 2017, file photo, provided by U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. VOA News Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman has been convicted of drug-trafficking and related […]Load more...
VOA News/Dora Mekouar Fewer Americans appear to be celebrating Valentine’s Day now as opposed to a decade ago. The National Retail Federation says that 10 years ago, more than 60 percent of adults planned to celebrate the day that’s dedicated to love, but that number has dropped to just over half in 2019. Valentine’s Day, which is […]Load more...
VOA News/Michael Bowman & Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is not pleased with the agreement lawmakers reached for limited new barrier construction along the U.S.-Mexican border, but that he does not foresee another partial government shutdown over the dispute. «I can’t say I’m happy. I can’t say I’m thrilled,» Trump told […]Load more...
VOA News/Steve Herman WASHINGTON — Rival political rallies in Texas – just 200 meters apart – pitted the president of the United States against a possible election rival as they took opposite sides on the merits of a border wall with Mexico. “Today we started a big, beautiful wall right on the Rio Grande,” declared President […]Load more...
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