The private school that Barron Trump attends has joined other schools in calling for gun control. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and more than 100 schools in Maryland and the Washington area on Wednesday signed an open letter calling on Barron Trump’s father, Republican President Donald Trump, and Congress to support gun control measures and…
read moreThousands of students rallied across the United States on Wednesday, demanding an end to gun violence. Mike O’Sullivan reports that school walkouts and memorials came one month after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that claimed 17 lives. …
read moreStudents across the country participated in school walkouts Wednesday morning to commemorate the 17 victims of February’s school shooting in South Florida. One school district in Maryland did not condone the walkout, but still allowed its students to participate. From Frederick, VOA’s Jill Craig has more. …
read moreA Senate hearing on last month’s school shooting in Florida has revealed that authorities had enough information to prevent the killing of 17 people by a former student at the school. A panel of senators met Wednesday on Capitol Hill, while students marched outside to demand tougher gun control and better school safety. VOA’s Zlatica…
read moreAmazon.com Inc.’s top television shows drew more than 5 million people worldwide to its Prime shopping club by early 2017, according to company documents, revealing for the first time how the retailer’s bet on original video is paying off. The documents also show that Amazon’s U.S. audience for all video programming on Prime, including films…
read moreThe U.S. Senate voted 67 to 31 Wednesday to ease bank rules, bringing Congress a step closer to passing the first rewrite of the Dodd-Frank reform law enacted after the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The draft legislation now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives where Republicans in the majority say they want to add…
read moreNew documents show a second lawyer with ties to President Donald Trump was involved in legal efforts to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels from talking about her alleged affair with Trump. Attorney Jill A. Martin signed the documents, which were filed Feb. 22 as part of confidential arbitration proceedings. She’s referenced in the filing…
read moreThe dismissal of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after just over a year in service has not been a huge surprise, but its manner and timing was. It was no secret that U.S. President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat did not see eye-to-eye on several foreign policy issues and the president had already…
read moreDemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee are sharply disagreeing with Republicans on the panel who say they don’t see any evidence of collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said Tuesday that he believes there is “significant evidence” of collusion between…
read moreTens of thousands of students and teachers across the United States are set to walk out of schools Wednesday to protest what organizers say is congressional inaction to gun violence in American schools. The walkout will take place at 10 a.m. local time at each site and will last for 17 minutes — one for each person…
read moreA bag of rice on a hungry family’s kitchen table could be the key to Nicolas Maduro retaining the support of poor Venezuelans in May’s presidential election. For millions of Venezuelans suffering an unprecedented economic crisis, a monthly handout of a box of heavily-subsidized basic food supplies by Maduro’s unpopular government has offered a tenuous…
read moreIn one of the planet’s most northerly settlements, in a tiny Arctic town of about 2,000 people, Benjamin Vidmar’s domed greenhouse stands out like an alien structure in the snow-cloaked landscape. This is where in summer the American chef grows tomatoes, onions, chilies and other vegetables, taking advantage of the season’s 24 hours of daily…
read moreDemocratic candidate Conor Lamb declared victory early Wednesday in a special election for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing a district outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Election officials have not yet released final results of Tuesday’s voting and the margin between Lamb and Republican candidate Rick Saccone was too close for media organizations…
read moreOn a patch of gravel that was once a nondescript bus stop in Kuala Lumpur’s old city, passersby can now find brightly-painted wooden pallets that double as seating and shelves stocked with free books for the taking. At least, for the time being. The transformation is temporary, a monthlong demonstration to judge the public’s reaction…
read moreAn unexpected resurgence of gun control proposals following last month’s shooting at a Florida high school is showing signs of ebbing in the U.S. Congress, where a bill to strengthen a national background check for gun ownership is treading water despite public pressure in favor of it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, so…
read moreBehind the U.S. move to block Singapore-based Broadcom’s hostile bid for U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm lies a new global struggle for influence over next-generation communications technology — and fears that whoever takes the lead could exploit that advantage for economic gain, theft and espionage. In the Broadcom-Qualcomm deal, the focus is on so-called “5G” wireless technology,…
read moreSao Paulo investment firm SouthRock Capital has signed an agreement with Starbucks that gives it the right to develop and operate branches of the Seattle-based chain in Brazil, the companies said late on Monday. With the agreement, whose value was not disclosed, all of Starbucks’ retail operations in Latin America are now wholly licensed rather…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is “very, very happy” that the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee concluded that his 2016 election campaign did not collude with Russia to help him win a four-year term in the White House. “It was a very powerful decision, a very strong decision,” Trump said as he headed…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo came as a surprise to the top diplomat. “The secretary did not speak to the president and is unaware of the reason, but he is grateful for the opportunity to serve,” said Under Secretary of State Steve…
read moreRepublican U.S. Senator Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday he looked forward to supporting Gina Haspel’s nomination to be director of the CIA “ensuring its consideration without delay.” In a statement, Burr, whose committee oversees the Central Intelligence Agency, said, “I know Gina personally and she has the right skill…
read moreEuropean Union finance ministers agreed new measures on Tuesday to force accountants and banks to report aggressive tax schemes that help companies shift profits to low-tax countries. Ministers also added the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis to a blacklist of tax havens, while Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Saint Lucia…
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