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This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule that rolls back the ambitious Obama Era regulations designed to cut planet warming emissions. The Trump Administration says this will result in cleaner air and cheaper energy. But critics say the United States should be cutting emissions more not less, and some U.S. states …

Steve Herman, Carla Babb, Katherine Gypson, Ken Bredemeier contributed to this report. WASHINGTON — National security officials in Washington are declining comment on media reports that U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes against in Iran Thursday but then pulled back from launching them for unknown reasons. Trump initially authorized attacks on a handful of Iranian …

It may be hard to believe that in modern-day America, not everybody has access to high-speed internet. But that is the reality for many Americans, especially those in rural areas of the country. VOA’s Julie Taboh traveled to the Southern region of the state of West Virginia to learn how lack of connectivity is affecting …

The Senate has voted to block the Trump administration from selling arms to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s alliance with the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Trump has promised to veto the measures. The White House said stopping the sales “would send a message that the United …

 America is aging. Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday shows the median age in the U.S. increased by a year to 38.2 years from 2010 to 2018.   If there’s someone to blame, it’s the baby boomers. Many in that group of Americans born between the end of World War II and …

Saudi Arabia and Cuba are now on a list of countries the United States considers derelict in their responsibilities to combat human trafficking, raising the risk of sanctions against those countries. In its annual report on human trafficking, the State Department accused ally Saudi Arabia of widespread violations involving foreign laborers and denounced Cuba for …

The United States has slapped sanctions on a Russian financial entity for helping North Korea evade international sanctions. The Treasury Department on Wednesday targeted the Russian Financial Society and blocked all its assets in the United States. U.S. citizens are also barred from doing business with the firm. “Treasury continues to enforce existing U.S. and …

Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks was refusing to answer questions related to her time in the White House in an interview Wednesday with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information about President Donald Trump as part of their investigation into obstruction of justice.      Less than an …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is canceling a visit to Sri Lanka during his upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific region that includes accompanying President Donald Trump to the G-20 summit in Japan.  The U.S. Embassy in Colombo said “unavoidable scheduling conflicts” necessitated the cancellation. The visit would have come nearly two months after the …

Did decorated U.S. Navy SEAL Chief Ed Gallagher murder a teenage Islamic State fighter or is he being framed by mutinying sailors he commanded and who are testifying against him? That is the question a seven-sailor jury must decide in Gallagher’s court martial, which began on Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego. …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts’ findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen’s civil war, according to four people familiar with the matter. The decision, which came after a fierce internal …

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign at a rally  in Orlando, Florida, one of the swing states that fueled his poll-defying victory in 2016. The crowd greeted him with “USA” chants as he recalled the “movement” he started four years ago. “It turned out to be more than just a great political …

Sylvester Owino is a small business owner in San Diego, California. His family owns Rafikiz Foodz — an authentic African food vendor offering “Kenyan food for your soul,” using fresh ingredients from the local farmers market. Those who encounter Owino’s welcoming personality are not aware what happens once he is done working for the day. …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign will kick-off with a rally in downtown Orlando, Florida, Tuesday night, but his most loyal fans have already camped outside of the Amway Center since early Monday to claim their spot in line. Several hundred Trump supporters were gathered a block away from the rally venue Monday evening, with …

Physical disability is quickly ceasing to be an obstacle on the path to professional sport. Thanks to the advanced equipment and technical progress, more and more men and women are able to dedicate their lives to sport. Genia Dulot met with a U.S. veteran who, after losing his leg to cancer, became part of the …

Just days after the 25th anniversary of the gruesome double murder of which he was accused but acquitted, OJ Simpson has opened a Twitter account with a vow to do “a little getting even.” “Hey, Twitter world, this is yours truly,” the former football star and actor says in a video that, for now, was …

A police officer fatally shot a black man in South Bend, Indiana, leading mayor Pete Buttigieg to return home early from a presidential campaign trip to address the public and reach out to community members.    The shooting happened early Sunday after someone called police to report a suspicious person going through cars, the St. …

In December of 2018, the White House released its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math or STEM education strategy for the next five years to encourage students to study in those fields. With high demands for STEM jobs, students across the country are eager to pursue those careers. Ahmad Sarwari, 12, an Afghan immigrant student dreams of …

The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the aircraft maker works to get the grounded plane back in flight. Speaking before the industry-wide Paris Air Show, Boeing CEO …

The “Trump” name appears on high-rise hotels, office towers, and golf resorts. It is now the name of a tiny Jewish settlement in the Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nentanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were on hand Sunday when the Bruchim settlement was officially renamed “Trump Heights.” “It’s absolutely beautiful,” Friedman …

Later this week, the U.S. Senate is expected to mount an effort to block an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as many American lawmakers continue to seethe over Riyadh’s human rights record, the war in Yemen and last year’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  The Trump administration sought …

Planting trees is Anka Meyer’s favorite hobby. She says there are so many reasons to love them. Trees bring life to her garden. This is the second year Meyer has participated in the Energy-Saving Trees program. VOA’s Faiza Elmasry reports. …

The United States and the Taliban are scheduled to hold crucial negotiations in Qatar early next week amid high expectations of a breakthrough in a nearly yearlong effort to end the war in Afghanistan.    This would be the seventh round of talks in Doha, Qatar, where the insurgent group maintains an informal political office. …

Fathers in the U.S. tend to be better educated than men without children, and relatively few men have children over age 40. These are some of the conclusions in a report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau, just in time for Father’s Day. The data in the report came from 2014, when the bureau …

In President Donald Trump’s reckoning, an Iran tamed by him no longer cries “death to America,” the border wall with Mexico is proceeding apace, the estate tax has been lifted off the backs of farmers, the remains of U.S. soldiers from North Korea are coming home and China is opening its wallet to the U.S. …

Following a severe tornado earlier this year in Alabama that killed 23 people, scientists interviewed residents in the area to find out why the storm was so deadly and made an important finding: almost everyone had heard the warnings about the impending storm and had enough time to seek shelter, but some chose not to. …