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U.S. President Donald Trump discussed a variety of global issues late Thursday in Hamburg with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his frequent critics on the world stage, just ahead of Friday’s start of the G-20 summit of the leaders of the world’s biggest economies. The two leaders met in a hotel, briefly greeting each …

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Krasinski Square, honoring hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians who died during an ultimately unsuccessful two-month insurgency against the city’s Nazi occupiers. …

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with national arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby to forfeit thousands of ancient artifacts illegally smuggled into the country from the Middle East. Under the terms of the settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Hobby Lobby Stores has …

The issuance of U.S. visas, passports and other travel documents should be transferred to the Department of Homeland Security from the State Department, a consulting company commissioned by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has recommended in a report. The study, by Insigniam Holding LLC, which was seen by Reuters, also urges extending foreign postings …

A U.S. congressman who was criticized for filming a video inside a former gas chamber at the Auschwitz death camp apologized and removed it from social media Wednesday, saying he had intended it as a tribute to those killed at the Nazi-run site. Representative Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican, had come under fire from the …

President Trump departs for Poland Wednesday, where he is due to meet Eastern European leaders before making a public speech in the center of Warsaw on Thursday. The White House says the president will reiterate his commitment to NATO, but also repeat his demand that all alliance members must contribute their share of defense spending. …

Americans Mark July 4 With Fireworks …

The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and bouts of low morale.   Overall results of routine inspections at nuclear weapons bases, such as a “pass-fail” grade, had previously been …

North Korea said it has successfully carried out the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a crucial milestone in Pyongyang’s efforts to develop its nuclear weapons capability, despite repeated international warnings to the contrary. The missile, which was launched from an airport near China’s northeastern border with North Korea, landed in Japan’s special economic zone, …

The Middle East’s biggest airline says it is working to implement increased security measures in response to U.S. demands to reverse a ban on laptops and other electronics onboard its U.S.-bound flights.   Dubai-based airline Emirates said in a statement Tuesday it is “working hard in coordination with various aviation stakeholders and the local authorities” …

Police in Boston say a taxi has driven into a group of pedestrians near the city’s airport, injuring multiple people. Police spokesman David Procopio said the taxi struck pedestrians near the “taxi pool” area at Logan International Airport. Police say several people were injured. Procopio said the cause of the accident is under investigation. Some …

The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4 has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941. But the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence  Two days later, delegates from …

Renewables are a fast-growing part of the energy that powers the United States, but a government report shows fossil fuels still provide energy for most of the economy. The Energy Information Administration says petroleum, natural gas, and coal provided 81 percent of the energy for the world’s largest economy in 2016. That is lowest rate …

The summer air is sizzling as the Fourth of July approaches, yet 86-year-old Richard Perkins already worries about how he’s going to stay warm this winter. President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating heating aid for low-income Americans, claiming it’s no longer necessary and rife with fraud. People needn’t worry about being left in the cold, …

Demonstrators hoisting signs and chanting anti-Donald Trump slogans marched through downtown Los Angeles to urge Congress to impeach the president. The Los Angeles march was one of several similar gatherings Sunday across California and the nation. Organizers say they believe the president has violated the U.S. Constitution and obstructed justice. One banner called the president …

On a scorching day 86 years ago, a dropped sparkler ignited an inferno that roared through much of the small city of Spencer, Iowa, and led to a statewide fireworks ban that endured for generations. Fireworks have since become legal in most of the country and Iowa legislators voted this year to end the bans. …

President Donald Trump will hold separate telephone conversations Sunday with the leaders of Japan and China. A White House announcement did not say what Trump would discuss with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks, however, are likely to be about Trump’s growing frustration with North Korea and its series …

Shareholders of defunct Russian oil giant Yukos, which was dismantled and absorbed by a state-owned rival in contentious legal actions, are taking a new tack in their multibillion-dollar fight with the Russian government. The former owners have alleged that lawyers at a powerful U.S. law firm helped Russia’s Rosneft manipulate an Armenian court ruling in …

An ongoing tracking project by The Washington Post finds that the number of people fatally shot by police in the United States in the first half of 2017 is nearly identical to figures for the previous two years. The newspaper says 492 people were shot and killed by police during the first six months of …

Alaska is commemorating 75 years since nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers toiled in harsh weather and terrain to help build a highway across the state and Canada.   The soldiers worked on the 1,500-mile (2,400-kilometer) highway during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades.   It took the soldiers working from the north …

With the Islamic State (IS) militant group on the verge of defeat in the Iraqi city of Mosul and surrounded by counter-Islamic State forces in the Syrian city of Raqqa, one question looms — where will the next major battle be? Many U.S. military officials point to the Euphrates River Valley, namely Deir Ezzor province …

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the Democrat-led Legislature are to return to work Saturday to try to resolve the state’s first government shutdown since 2006 and the first under Christie.    The Republican governor and the Democrat-led Legislature failed to reach an agreement on a new budget by the deadline at midnight Friday.   …

President Donald Trump spoke with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday to discuss the ongoing feud between Qatar and several Arab states, a conflict that some are calling the worst Gulf Arab crisis in years. Trump and Erdogan talked by phone to discuss how to resolve the dispute “while ensuring all countries work …

President Donald Trump’s modified travel ban has been implemented with little immediate protest as immigration lawyers gathered at U.S. airports to aid travelers from six affected countries. The U.S. activated the new rules Thursday evening, requiring visa applicants from six majority-Muslim nations to have a “bona fide” relationship with a family member or business in …

The U.S. House of Representatives took the first steps Thursday toward fulfilling two key Trump campaign promises: strengthening penalties on undocumented immigrants who return to the U.S. after being deported and cutting federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities – those that choose not to work with immigration agents. VOA’s congressional reporter Katherine Gypson looks at …

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated a former member of the U.S. Senate from Texas to become the next ambassador to NATO. Kay Bailey Hutchison, 73, served in the Senate for 20 years beginning in 1993, when she won a special election to fill a vacant seat. Since stepping down in 2013, she has practiced …