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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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

The United States and its allies are not winning the counterterrorism war for the Sahel, the head of U.S. special operations forces in Africa told VOA Thursday. “I would tell you at this time, we are not winning,” U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, said Thursday …

Huawei Device Co Ltd and Huawei Device USA Inc pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle on fraud, trade secrets conspiracy and other charges, the Justice Department said. The units of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd were arraigned and Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez set trial for March 2, …

U.S. President Donald Trump signaled there might be an easing of tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian rivals India and Pakistan after days of escalation that resulted in skirmishes between their air forces and fears of all-out war.  “I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India. They’ve been going at it and we’ve been involved …

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a second bill in as many days to toughen background checks for gun purchases, but both bills were likely to face opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House. The bills are the first major gun control measures approved in Congress in many years. They are …

The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed the most significant gun control bill in years, expanding background checks to include gun shows and internet sales. The vote was 240 to 190, with Congressman Mike Thompson of California calling it a “new day” in Congress, with Democrats in control and making a “commitment to address the …

Members of a U.S. House Armed Services subcommittee on Wednesday heard testimony from five transgender members of the U.S. military, just over a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can ban future transgender members of the military.    The ruling made Jan. 22, 2019, said transgender men and women already …

As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar blue-vested “greeters” at 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re being ill-treated by a chain that styles itself as community-minded and inclusive.    Walmart told greeters around the country last week that their positions would be eliminated on April 26 in favor …

Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker agreed to meet with lawmakers to clarify his testimony, a congressional leader said on Tuesday, referring to an appearance where Whitaker was quizzed about whether President Donald Trump had sought to influence investigations. “I want to thank Mr. Whitaker for volunteering to meet with us to clarify his …

A few years ago, Hoda Muthana was a hard-talking 20-something from a religiously conservative Alabama family, with a propensity for aggressive tweets and an affinity for the Islamic State’s extremist rhetoric. “Americans wake up!” she posted on March 19, 2015, from her now-defunct @ZumarulJannah account. “Men and women altogether. You have much to do while …

A senior U.S. official said Tuesday the Trump administration would impose more sanctions on Venezuela in the coming days.  “We announced some sanctions yesterday, there will be more,” Special Representative on Venezuela Elliott Abrams told reporters at the United Nations, where he addressed a meeting of the Security Council called by the United States. “There …

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from the site of the summit in Hanoi. …

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from the site of the summit in Hanoi. …

Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, goes before the Senate intelligence committee Tuesday for the first of three days of congressional testimony. Committee Chairman Richard Burr says there will be no question that is off limits, though the answers Cohen gives will be private due to the closed-door nature of …

President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un will meet this week in Vietnam for a second summit on denuclearization. In an interview Monday with VOA News Center Deputy Managing Editor David Jones, VOA’s Korean Service Chief Dong Hyuk Lee talked about the outcome of the 2018 summit and what can be expected …

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead to the North Korean leader to give up his nuclear weapons. “I think we’ll have a very tremendous summit. We want denuclearization, and I think he’ll have a country that will …

West Point Sets Aside Day to Confront Sexual Harassment WEST POINT, NEW YORK West Point has suspended classes for a day so cadets can address sexual assault and harassment after a survey found an increasing number of incidents at the academy. U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams ordered a full-day “stand-down” at …

President Donald Trump is going after director Spike Lee, who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilization for the 2020 election. Trump tweeted Monday that Lee did a “racist hit on your President.” Trump claimed that he had “done more for African Americans” than “almost” any other president.   Lee won for best adapted …

Opposition leader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider “all options” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement. Guaido’s comments late Saturday came after a tumultuous day that saw President Nicolas Maduro’s forces fire tear gas and …

Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China …