U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe beginning Tuesday for two days of talks the White House says it expects to “be very positive.” Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Monday’s flight to Florida, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the discussions between the two leaders are “going…
read moreFormer U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey says President Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president and there is “some evidence” Trump obstructed justice. “There’s something more important than that that should unite all of us, and that is our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are at…
read moreFormer U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey says President Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president and that there is “some evidence” Trump obstructed justice. “There’s something more important than that that should unite all of us, and that is our president must embody respect and adhere to the values that are…
read moreDoug Fabbioli is concerned about the future of the rural economy, as urban sprawl expands from metropolitan areas into farm fields and pastureland. The Virginia winery owner decided to be part of the solution and founded The New AG School. As Faiza Elmasry tells us, the school’s mission is raising the next generation of farmers.…
read moreThe White House says President Donald Trump remains determined to pull out U.S. troops deployed in Syria, a message that comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said he convinced Trump to keep U.S. forces there. “The U.S. mission has not changed — the president has been clear that he wants U.S. forces to come home…
read moreWashington is witnessing a renewed war of words between President Donald Trump and a man he fired last year, former FBI director James Comey. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports Comey is speaking out ahead of the release of a book detailing turbulent encounters with Trump, as well as the FBI’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s handling of…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that James Comey, the FBI director he fired who has written a scathing new book on the Trump presidency, should be imprisoned, claiming that he revealed classified information and lied to Congress. Trump unleashed a new broadside on Comey hours ahead of a widely publicized television interview with the…
read moreThe Northern Territory government in Australia says it has been approached by nearly 50 Chinese companies looking to buy land to start donkey farms. Demand for donkey products, especially donkey-hide gelatin is increasing in China, while global supplies are falling. The Northern Territory government has bought a small herd of wild donkeys for its research…
read moreDozens of passengers line up in single file along the platform in the dead of night, ready to gather their luggage and pile into the ageing railway carriages. At the small railway station in Nampula, in northeastern Mozambique, the 4:00 a.m. train to Cuamba in the north west is more than full, as it is…
read moreGun rights supporters gathered in Atlanta and dozens of other U.S. state capitals Saturday at a time when many Americans are pressing for tougher restrictions on weapons. According to a early Associated Press count, more than 135 people attended the rally in Atlanta, and more were arriving. Most of them were armed, and some held signs…
read moreU.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal on a renegotiated NAFTA trade pact. Pence told reporters it was possible that a deal would be reached in the next several weeks. The vice president also said that…
read moreIndia’s federal police said Saturday that they had filed a case against a former chairman of state-run UCO Bank and several business executives alleging criminal conspiracy that caused a loss of 6.21 billion rupees ($95.17 million). Police said officials at the bank had colluded with private infrastructure firm Era Engineering Infra Ltd. and investment banking firm Altius Finserve Pvt. Ltd. to…
read moreThe Justice Department has sent another round of letters to the so-called sanctuary cities of Seattle and Oakland and the state of Vermont demanding further proof that they are cooperating with immigration authorities. The letters sent Thursday warn that the department could use subpoena power to force Seattle and Vermont to provide documents. The department…
read moreU.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be his successor, NBC News reported Friday. “We all think that Kevin is the right person,” the Wisconsin lawmaker said in an interview airing Sunday on Meet the Press. Ryan said Wednesday that he would not seek re-election in November, dealing a blow to fellow Republicans…
read moreA Justice Department report accuses fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe of lacking candor and misleading investigators. The report by the Justice Department inspector general’s office claims that McCabe misled investigators about his role in a news media disclosure about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 election. McCabe was fired last month…
read morePresident Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a Republican senator said Friday, disclosing the move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Trump made the pledge…
read moreU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Friday that President Donald Trump is still weighing options in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that Washington believes President Bashar al-Assad carried out. “Our president has not yet made a decision about possible actions in Syria,” Haley told a meeting of the…
read moreSpeaker Paul Ryan’s decision to retire after this Congress in January is widely seen as a blow to the Republican Party’s effort to maintain control of the House in upcoming midterm elections. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson looks back at Ryan’s relationship with President Donald Trump and the speaker’s impact on his party’s agenda. …
read morePresident Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, faced tough questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, with senators drilling him on his views on potential U.S. military strikes on Syria, Russia, the Iran nuclear deal, and North Korea. A number of senators mentioned Pompeo’s close relationship with the president,…
read moreMembers of Congress from both political parties are making a fresh push to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump. Mueller is leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, and there is increasing concern about his fate after the president bitterly complained about FBI raids earlier…
read moreAfter weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal System. In the surprise move, Trump said that USPS is on “an unsustainable financial path” and “must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout.” The task force will…
read moreA six-month budget truce stitched together by Congress in March could unravel if Republican leaders vying to replace U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan indulge party conservatives who want to renege on critical parts of the pact. At issue is a resurgent move by conservative Republicans to rescind, or cut, about $60 billion in…
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