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When President Donald Trump asked an African American reporter during a press conference last month to set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, caucus members were dismayed by the appearance of racial insensitivity. Trump’s office later reached out to the group and a meeting is set for Wednesday. …

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday derided any suggestion that his campaign colluded with Russian interests to help him win the White House, saying it was an excuse “made up” by Democrats for losing the election. In a string of messages on his Twitter account, Trump said that James Clapper, the director of national intelligence …

President Donald Trump is returning to the road, rallying supporters to recapture the enthusiasm of his campaign and reassuring them about his tumultuous early days in the White House.   It’s a welcome distraction for a president whose first months in office have been dominated by self-inflicted controversy and roadblocks, courtesy of federal courts and …

U.S. President Donald Trump will host Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for talks Monday that are likely to include the ongoing offensive to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. Last month, the two leaders discussed the battle against Islamic State during a phone call, but on Monday they will have …

President Donald Trump risks driving wedges between the United States and its closest allies, something America can ill-afford. So say lawmakers of both political parties as public disputes have arisen between the White House and Britain as well as Germany. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports from Washington. …

Two key U.S. officials are set to testify publicly about whether there is any truth behind the explosive, but unsubstantiated claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that former President Barack Obama wiretapped him in the weeks before last year’s presidential election. Both James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the country’s top …

At least three American soldiers were wounded Sunday when an Afghan solider opened fire at them in southern Afghanistan. The incident happened during a training exercise at a military base in the Helmand province. The U.S. soldiers are receiving medical care, said NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. Afghan officials say that the attacker was …

President Donald Trump has chosen the husband of White House counseler Kellyanne Conway to head the civil division of the Justice Department, The Wall Street Journal reported.   George Conway was chosen to head the office that has responsibility for defending the administration’s proposed travel ban and defending lawsuits filed against the administration, the newspaper …

The U.S. government has put out a call for proposals to build a wall along the border with Mexico that President Donald Trump ordered as one of his first official acts after the inauguration. The request for proposals issued by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency are a first step toward the multibillion-dollar …

Police in St. Louis, Missouri, say rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry has died at age 90. Berry was an American music legend, a pioneer of the rock ‘n’ roll style, which blended rhythm and blues with pop music in a blend that became synonymous with the developing culture of  American teenagers in the 1950s. …

Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is ready to participate in the public discussion about the change in the country’s political climate since the November presidential election. “I’m like a lot of my friends right now, I have a hard time watching the news,” she said Friday at the Society of Irish Women’s …

The Florida prosecutor who thrust herself into the forefront of the anti-death penalty movement is a political novice who was elected just seven months ago.   Aramis Ayala, a Democrat and former public defender and assistant state attorney, surprised many of her supporters when she announced this week that her office would no longer seek …

The top U.S. diplomat arrived in China Saturday for the last leg of his first Asia tour. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s agenda in China includes a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Tillerson’s talks with Chinese officials are expected to be somewhat thorny. Earlier in the week, the secretary called on China to step …

President Donald Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters at the White House Thursday that the president is intentionally redefining U.S. foreign policy priorities, changing from a focus on “soft power” — diplomacy, participation in international institutions and cultural exchanges — to a laser focus on “hard power” with a big boost to military spending. …

The head of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, says American taxpayers can be asked to pay for beefed-up national defense, but cannot be asked to pay for domestic programs such as public broadcasting. Mulvaney made the remarks Thursday during an MSNBC morning broadcast Thursday, saying the decision was made to cut …

The first 100 days of an American president’s first term in office traditionally are a time when the new administration’s major policy proposals might encounter less partisanship from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and possibly even have a head start on being voted into law. That’s particularly true when the president’s party controls both houses of …

One woman will make history next week as the first female Marine to join the infantry through the traditional entry-level training process that was previously unavailable to women, officials tell VOA. The Marine is finishing up her training as a mortarwoman and will graduate next week from the U.S. Marine Corps School of Infantry at …

32 years ago today on March 16, 1985, Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson was abducted by Hezbollah militants in Beirut, Lebanon and held in captivity for nearly seven years. “I had about a year and a half in solitary [confinement] which… nearly destroyed me,” Anderson said during an address he gave at a newspaper association …

The U.S. Army soldiers finished wading across a stream in a rainforest in Hawaii, and they were soaked. Their boots and socks were water-logged and their clothes, hair and ears were caked with mud. The soldiers were going through training at the first jungle school the Army has established in decades. The course is part …

The new documentary Trophy opens in a sprawling corner of South Africa run by John Hume, who is praised by some as protecting the continent’s rhinos from extinction and vilified by others for trying to turn the animals into cash spinners. Trophy, shown this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, examines …

There was a rise in reports of sexual assault at U.S. Navy and Army military academies in the last year, the Department of Defense said on Wednesday. An annual report, based on anonymous surveys, said reports of sexual assault in total across the military academies had decreased slightly in the last year, and the Air …

A federal judge in Hawaii put President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on hold Wednesday, hours before it was to take effect. Judge Derrick Watson wrote that lawyers representing the U.S. Pacific state showed “irreparable injury is likely if the requested relief is not issued.” Hawaii argued that Trump’s temporary ban on travelers and migrants …

After six years of budget cuts, the U.S. Navy is expected to see a funding increase when President Donald Trump’s administration unveils its 2018 budget later this week.  The Navy has put its best foot forward abroad. But in Washington, Navy officials have shared bleak statistics that reveal a damaged force. During a recent embed …

After six years of budget cuts, the U.S. Navy is expected to see a funding increase when President Donald Trump’s administration unveils its 2018 budget later this week. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb visited an aircraft carrier conducting strikes against Islamic State and reports on why the world’s best-funded Navy argues it needs more money …

Mitch Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. The Seward, Alaska, musher brought his dogs off the frozen Bering Sea and onto Front Street in the Gold Rush town of Nome after crossing …

It’s one thing to talk about changing allegiance to another country when a new president is elected. It’s another thing to go ahead and do it.   But that’s exactly what seems to be happening, at least in one distant corner of the world.   In New Zealand, the number of Americans who applied for …