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US Officials Issue Sanctions Warnings to Europe Over Russian Gas
06/03/2019
U.S. officials have warned at an energy conference in Brussels that the Trump administration will take punitive action against European companies that are building the Kremlin-favored Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will deliver energy from Russia to Germany while bypassing Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 (NS2) will largely replace an older pipeline running through …
Homeland Security Secretary Insists Border Crisis Is ‘Real’
06/03/2019
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time since they took control of the House. “We face a crisis — a real, serious and sustained crisis at our borders,” she said at a House Homeland Security Committee …
Homeland Security Secretary Insists Border Crisis Is ‘Real’
06/03/2019
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time since they took control of the House. “We face a crisis — a real, serious and sustained crisis at our borders,” she said at a House Homeland Security Committee …
Jerry Merryman, ‘Brilliant’ Man Who Invented Calculator, Dies
06/03/2019
Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the handheld electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as not only brilliant but also kind with a good sense of humor, has died. He was 86. Merryman died Feb. 27 at a Dallas hospital from complications of heart and kidney failure, said his stepdaughter, …
US FDA Chief Steps Down in Surprise Resignation
06/03/2019
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Tuesday that he plans to step down next month, a sudden resignation that calls into question how the agency will handle issues such as surging e-cigarette use among teens and efforts to increase competition in prescription drugs. Gottlieb was well regarded by public health advocates …
House Intelligence Panel Hires Veteran Prosecutor to Lead Trump Probe
05/03/2019
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday it has hired a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan with experience investigating Russian mobsters and white-collar crime to lead its probe into the Trump administration. The hiring of Daniel Goldman is the latest move by the House’s new Democratic majority to add legal firepower to …
Whitaker, Former Acting US Attorney General, Leaves Justice Dept.
05/03/2019
Matthew Whitaker, whose brief tenure as acting U.S. attorney general was marred by accusations he might try to interfere in a probe of President Donald Trump’s campaign, left his Justice Department job over the weekend, a department spokeswoman confirmed on Monday. Whitaker’s last day at the department was on Saturday, the spokeswoman said, adding she …
US Senators Blast White House Over Khashoggi Investigation
05/03/2019
U.S. senators of both parties on Monday blasted the Trump administration’s response to the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Turkey last October, accusing the administration of defying a law requiring it to investigate and identify those responsible for the dissident Saudi reporter’s death. “It’s outrageous, it’s insulting, and it’s nothing …
US to End Preferential Trade Status for India, Turkey
05/03/2019
At President Donald Trump’s direction, the United States intends to scrap the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, officials said Monday. Washington “intends to terminate India’s and Turkey’s designations as beneficiary developing countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program because they no longer comply with the statutory eligibility criteria,” the U.S. …
Mermaids Dive In at Washington Area Convention
04/03/2019
Mermaids and mermen of all ages, shapes and sizes from around the world gathered in the Washington area for a large festival called MerMagic Con. Maxim Moskalkov visited the unusual event in Manassas, Virginia and has this report. …
Environmental Groups Cite Coal Ash Pollution in Call For Tighter Regulation
04/03/2019
A collection of environmental groups is calling for new regulations on the disposal of waste from coal-fired power plants, saying more needs to be done to protect the public from the dangers of toxic metals seeping into ground water. The focus of a new report released Monday by the Environmental Integrity Project is on coal …
With Military Exercises Canceled in S. Korea, Experts Express Concern About Impact
04/03/2019
The United States and South Korea announced the cancelation of two annual large-scale military drills in an effort to “achieve complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” It’s a decision that Robert Manning, a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, calls “one of a number of mistakes that have been made that really erode the US …
Top Democrats Vow to Intensify Trump Probes
03/03/2019
Top Democratic lawmakers vowed Sunday to step up their investigations of U.S. President Donald Trump and his connections to Russia during the 2016 presidential election. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told ABC News that on Monday his panel would be issuing requests for documents to 60 people, “to begin the investigations to present the …
White House Defends Collapsed North Korea Summit
03/03/2019
The White House on Sunday defended the collapse of President Donald Trump’s summit last week in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying American interests were protected by not agreeing to a partial deal on Pyongyang’s terms. National Security Adviser John Bolton told CBS News, “The issue really was whether North Korea was …
Space X Crew Capsule Reaches Space Station
03/03/2019
The first American commercially built-and-operated crew spacecraft in eight years docked successfully Sunday at the International Space Station. There was, however, no crew aboard the spacecraft, just a test dummy named Ripley, in a nod to the lead character in the Alien movies. The docking was carried out autonomously by the Crew Dragon capsule, as …
Crowds Cheer Kickoff of Alaska’s Iditarod Race
03/03/2019
Big crowds converged on Alaska’s largest city Saturday as hundreds of dogs and their humans kicked off the 47th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race with a ceremonial sprint along snow-heaped streets. The fan-friendly event in Anchorage brought spectators up close to the 52 musher-dog teams gearing up for the famed 1,000-mile …
Crowds Cheer Kickoff of Alaska’s Iditarod Race
03/03/2019
Big crowds converged on Alaska’s largest city Saturday as hundreds of dogs and their humans kicked off the 47th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race with a ceremonial sprint along snow-heaped streets. The fan-friendly event in Anchorage brought spectators up close to the 52 musher-dog teams gearing up for the famed 1,000-mile …
Tribes Accuse Corps of Withholding Pipeline Study Records
02/03/2019
Information in this article is confirmed with other sources and may be used without attribution to the Associated Press in broadcasts — websites still must use the attribution. The News Center has no plans at this time to match it. Tribes battling the Dakota Access oil pipeline in court are accusing the Army Corps …
Tribes Accuse Corps of Withholding Pipeline Study Records
02/03/2019
Information in this article is confirmed with other sources and may be used without attribution to the Associated Press in broadcasts — websites still must use the attribution. The News Center has no plans at this time to match it. Tribes battling the Dakota Access oil pipeline in court are accusing the Army Corps …
Trump: Some Lawmakers Probing My Finances Are ‘Sick’
02/03/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a friendly audience Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, capping a tumultuous week highlighted by failed talks at a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and damning testimony before Congress by former personal attorney Michael Cohen. As expected, the conference was a welcome diversion for Trump. …
Human Rights Advocates ‘Flabbergasted’ by Trump Warmbier Comments
02/03/2019
The parents of U.S. student Otto Warmbier, who died after abuse in North Korean detention, have strongly rebuked comments by President Donald Trump. After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Trump said he took Kim at his word that he did not know what happened to Warmbier. Human rights organizations say …
How Trump May Have Covered Up Hush Payment Scheme
02/03/2019
It barely registered with lawmakers during disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen’s dramatic congressional testimony Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s alleged misdeeds throughout the 2016 presidential campaign and his first year in office. But in what could spell a major legal headache for Trump, House Democrats are investigating whether the president hid from government ethics officials hundreds …
Experts: ‘Experience Matters’ in Negotiating with North Korea
02/03/2019
The American team’s lack of experience in negotiating with North Koreans, as well as a lack of preparation, may have contributed to the collapse of this week’s Hanoi summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, who favors top-down diplomacy, according to experts. The two-day summit that began Wednesday ended when Trump walked out …
Failed Hanoi Summit Could Reset Productive Nuclear Talks
01/03/2019
While the U.S.- North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without an agreement to restrict the North’s threatening nuclear program, analysts say it was not a total failure. Despite the dispute over sanctions, VOA’s Brian Padden reports, President Donald Trump seemed to indicate that Washington is open to compromise and willing pursue a step-by-step …
Failed Hanoi Summit Could Reset Productive Nuclear Talks
01/03/2019
While the U.S.- North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without an agreement to restrict the North’s threatening nuclear program, analysts say it was not a total failure. Despite the dispute over sanctions, VOA’s Brian Padden reports, President Donald Trump seemed to indicate that Washington is open to compromise and willing pursue a step-by-step …
Oregon OKs 1st Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law in US
01/03/2019
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure on Thursday, giving a victory to housing advocates who say spiraling rent costs in the economically booming state have fueled widespread homelessness and housing insecurity. Brown, a Democrat, said the legislation will provide “some immediate relief to Oregonians struggling to keep …