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President Donald Trump says he’ll nominate a former Justice Department official as FBI director.   Trump’s tweets that his choice – lawyer Christopher Wray – is “a man of impeccable credentials.”   There’s no more information in the two-sentence tweet that ends, “Details to follow.” Wray emerged from a list of former prosecutors, politicians and …

Eric Trump says critics of his father are “not even people.”   President Donald Trump’s son told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday that he’s “never seen hatred like this” and “morals have flown out the window” when it comes to attacks against his father.   Eric Trump took special aim at the Democratic …

As a child growing up poor in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley promised his parents that one day he would earn a lot of money and use it to buy the family a big house. He made good on that promise in 1957, when he bought Graceland for $102,500 in Memphis, Tennessee. The mansion, originally built in …

The number of job openings advertised in the United States hit a record high of six million in April. Tuesday’s report from Labor Department said the pace of hiring went down at the same time. Analysts say the apparent contradiction may show that employers are having difficulty finding workers with the right skills. Data about …

Most Americans believe the United States should take “aggressive action” to fight climate change, but few see it as a priority issue when compared with the economy or security, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. The June 2-4 opinion poll suggests American voters may not penalize President Donald Trump too harshly for walking …

The U.S. military’s biggest base on American soil has begun drawing nearly half of its power from renewable energy, days after President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of a global agreement to fight climate change. Fort Hood, in Texas, has shifted away from fossil fuels to wind- and solar-generated energy in order to shield …

The smallest Balkan country, Montenegro, formally became the 29th member of NATO Monday at a ceremony at the State Department, despite fierce objections from Russia. Montenegro was formerly part of communist Yugoslavia, a stronghold of Moscow. It became an independent republic in 2006 when Montenegrins voted in a referendum to split from Serbia. U.S. Under Secretary …

Developments in Washington, D.C., on Monday include President Donald Trump sending out a series of tweets regarding his Muslim travel ban and his desire for a quick ruling on it by the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House saying Trump won’t prevent fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying before Congress on Thursday, his proposal …

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg submitted a statement to the United Nations on Monday that over 1,000 U.S. governors, mayors, businesses, universities and others will continue to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement abandoned by President Donald Trump last week. Bloomberg, who is the U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy for Cities and …

Developments in Washington, D.C., over the weekend U.S.-Asia discussions in Singapore, President Donald Trump says the world needs to stop being “politically correct” in fighting terrorism, protests, for and against the president, demonstrate over the weekend, The New York Times says Trump will not prevent fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress this …

For one week last spring, as Louisville led the world in mourning Muhammad Ali’s death and celebrating his life, not a single person died in a hail of gunfire in the boxing great’s hometown.   The silence was welcome in a city wrestling with an explosion of violence. Leaders hoped the cease-fire might stick – …

Russian President Vladimir Putin insists he has never met with U.S. President Donald Trump and wondered if the American media has “lost its senses.” Putin was interviewed last week by NBC’s Megyn Kelly. Parts of their talk were broadcast Sunday night. When asked if he had anything damaging on Trump, Putin called it “another load …

Afghanistan’s Taliban has stormed a key northern district as the turmoil-hit nation reeled from last week’s deadly suicide bombings with demands growing for the national unity government to quit for failing to provide security. Insurgents assaulted Imam Sahib early Sunday and are said to be moving closer to the district center after inflicting heavy casualties on government …

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis used a top regional security forum in Singapore this weekend to try and reassure Asia that the United States is not backing away from its enduring commitment to the region. How convinced Washington’s allies and partners in the region will be, remains to be seen, analysts say.   Mattis …

The Trump administration is considering possible sanctions on Venezuela’s vital energy sector, including state oil company PDVSA, senior White House officials said, in what would be a major escalation of U.S. efforts to pressure the country’s embattled leftist government amid a crackdown on the opposition. The idea of striking at the core of Venezuela’s economy, …

Protests were under way Saturday in more than 135 cities in the U.S. and abroad to demand an impartial investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia to influence last year’s election in Trump’s favor. The “March for Truth” protests were organized by a national coalition of 17 activist groups, including the …

President Donald Trump said the United States “will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth” as he announced a U.S. pullout from an international accord designed to curb climate change.   But facts muddy that claim.   Data show that the U.S. is among the dirtiest countries when it comes …

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly does not plan to invoke executive privilege in an attempt to prevent former FBI director James Comey from disclosing potentially harmful information to Congress about statements Trump made about his embattled former national security director. The decision was reported by the New York Times, which attributed information about the decision …

Developments in Washington, D.C., on Friday include continuing discussion of President Donald Trump’s announcement to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, EPA Director Scott Pruitt says Americans should not apologize for Trump’s decision, Russian President Vladimir Putin urges U.S. businesses help normalize relations between the two countries, and U.S. educators say …

U.S. President Donald Trump relies far more than his recent predecessors on advisers with a military background, but his apparent disregard for climate science is at odds with the U.S. military’s consensus on the risks of climate change to security. Over the last decade, the U.S. military and intelligence officials have developed a broad agreement …

U.S. senators who said they had heard multiple reports of inhumane conditions in immigrant detention centers called Friday for the release of more information. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, 12 senators — 11 Democrats, plus independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont — said they had received complaints about medical services for detained …

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier and two other former school administrators are to be sentenced Friday on charges of child endangerment for failing to report a 2001 allegation about Jerry Sandusky to authorities in a child sex abuse scandal that first broke more than five years ago. Prosecutors are seeking jail time for Spanier, …

A jail in Chicago is serving some of the best Italian pizza in town. Inmates are making gourmet pizzas for their fellow prisoners. It’s part of a training program called Recipe for Change in which the inmates can acquire skills to get jobs after they are released. VOA’s Deborah Block has more. …

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will leave the Paris agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions. VOA’s Steve Baragona looks at the environmental consequences. …

His speech slow and slurred, Tiger Woods couldn’t follow simple instructions or keep his balance during a dazed and disoriented encounter with police before he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.   The video images came from dash-cam footage that Jupiter police released Wednesday night, and they show Woods with little capacity …

Liberal activists are urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative with whom they often disagree, to put off any thought of retirement, fearing President Donald Trump would replace him with a jurist further to the right. The liberal Democrats’ keep-Kennedy campaign, being pursued publicly and privately, reflects how powerless they have become against …