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Former U.S. president George W. Bush on Monday called immigration a “blessing and a strength,” as lawmakers tussled with Donald Trump over border wall funding. The Republican, who has largely stayed out of the spotlight after leaving office in 2009, did not explicitly criticize Trump or the border wall policy. Speaking at a naturalization ceremony …

A judge has directed prosecutors to publicly release documents related to the search warrant that authorized last year’s FBI raids on the home and office of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III said redacted versions of the documents should be released Tuesday. Media organizations had requested access …

President Donald Trump complained Monday that the U.S. national news media “is working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand.” He said on Twitter, “They will have to work very hard to prove that one. So Ridiculous!”   Trump apparently was incensed that major U.S. news outlets reported that Brent Harris …

VOA’s Xu Ning contributed to this report. Over the past several weeks, the U.S. government has launched a seemingly unprecedented campaign to block the Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from competing in the global rollout of next-generation 5G mobile networking technology, claiming that the company is effectively an arm of the Chinese intelligence services. In an …

A few months after teen shooters killed 12 classmates and her father at Columbine High School, Coni Sanders was standing in line at a grocery store with her young daughter when they came face to face with the magazine cover. It showed the two gunmen who had carried out one of the deadliest school shootings …

John Little can hardly go a week without a reminder that he and other Native Americans often are viewed as relics of the past: the Indian maiden on the butter container at the grocery store, the kids’ teepees sold at popular retailers and the sports fans with their faces painted doing tomahawk chops at games. …

Authorities in the Midwestern United States ordered more evacuations Sunday after heavy rainfall and melting snow flooded several rivers and creeks, leading to the deaths of at least two people. The floods have inundated towns, breached dams and levees, and halted travel as a “bomb cyclone,” a hurricane-like storm, battered the area.  The governors of …

Every year about 1.5 million tree seedlings come to life at a state-of-the-art nursery in Nebraska. It’s called the Charles E. Bessey Nursery and it’s the oldest tree seedling nursery run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. Lesia Bakalets traveled to Halsey, Nebraska, to see how it all works. Anna Rice narrates the …

Every year about 1.5 million tree seedlings come to life at a state-of-the-art nursery in Nebraska. It’s called the Charles E. Bessey Nursery and it’s the oldest tree seedling nursery run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. Lesia Bakalets traveled to Halsey, Nebraska, to see how it all works. Anna Rice narrates the …

As climate change heats up, we can expect more extreme weather events, more hurricanes and droughts over time. But small flooding events will also become more common, and while not catastrophic, according to a new report, these events are taking a toll on some local communities. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …

As climate change heats up, we can expect more extreme weather events, more hurricanes and droughts over time. But small flooding events will also become more common, and while not catastrophic, according to a new report, these events are taking a toll on some local communities. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …

Authorities were using boats and large vehicles Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person. The scramble to move people out of harm’s way was expected to subside …

Authorities were using boats and large vehicles Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person. The scramble to move people out of harm’s way was expected to subside …

When Pakistani immigrant Kazi Mannan came to the U.S. in 1996 as an impoverished young adult, he could only dream about success. He worked long hours in a series of tough jobs, saved money and learned everything he could about working and living in America. His hard work paid off. After more than 20 years, …

When Pakistani immigrant Kazi Mannan came to the U.S. in 1996 as an impoverished young adult, he could only dream about success. He worked long hours in a series of tough jobs, saved money and learned everything he could about working and living in America. His hard work paid off. After more than 20 years, …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is criticizing a U.S. Senate vote to end American military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The years-long conflict has left thousands of civilians dead and millions of others on the brink of starvation.  VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine has more from the State Department on the clash between …

In his proposed 2020 budget, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress for $8.6 billion more for the construction of a border wall. With that in mind, Vice President Mike Pence visited an advanced Border Patrol Training Center in Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., two days later. Thousands of soon-to-be Border Patrol agents receive training there in high …

The United States, in coordination with the European Union and Canada, Friday slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen officials and businesses in response to Russia’s “continued aggression in Ukraine.” Six Russian officials, six defense firms and two energy and construction firms were targeted, either over the seizure of Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch …

The United States will impose visa restrictions on people responsible for any International Criminal Court probe, a move aimed at preventing actions against the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The Trump administration in September said that if the court launched a probe of war crimes in …

The U.S. Special Counsel’s Office on Friday asked a court to delay sentencing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, amid “ongoing investigations” stemming from the Russia investigation. In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller cited Gates’ continued cooperation with multiple probes and …

Several U.S. officials have touted U.S.-Taliban talks as the best chance in decades to bring peace to Afghanistan, but key Afghan officials’ comments suggest the talks are instead widening a rift between Washington and Kabul. The most pointed criticism has come from Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, who while in Washington for meetings Wednesday and Thursday slammed the …

Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin was dropped by a TV network and her daughter lost a sponsorship deal Thursday, while students sued prestigious universities in growing fallout from a massive college bribery scandal. Crown Media Family Networks, the company that owns the Hallmark cable channel, cut ties with Loughlin, its “Garage Sale Mysteries” star, after she …

A summit to seal a trade deal between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not happen at the end of March as previously discussed because more work is needed in U.S.-China negotiations, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday. Mnuchin, speaking to reporters following a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing, said both …

Even though the town of Dwight, Illinois, in the heartland of America is roughly 2,100 kilometers from the border with Mexico, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, it is in the middle of the national debate over immigration, detention and border security. …

Students at major U.S. universities from Yale to Stanford are reflecting on the admissions scandal enveloping their schools. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors indicted 50 people, including coaches, test administrators, parents and two Hollywood celebrities in a far-reaching corruption probe. Mike O’Sullivan has more from the University of Southern California, where he’s been speaking with students. …

After intense domestic and international pressure, the U.S. government is grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 jets. President Trump issued the emergency order after Canada announced they have new satellite data that may show similarities between the crash of Ethiopian Air Flight 302 on Sunday, and the Indonesian Lion Air crash in October. …