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U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewing four candidates Sunday to be his national security adviser, after a tumultuous week in which he fired one former military leader from the strategic White House post and his first replacement choice turned down the job. Trump is spending the weekend at his lavish oceanfront Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. …

Dry Tortugas is a chain of small islands about 113 kilometers (70 miles) west of Key West, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. To get there, national parks traveler Mikah Meyer took a sea plane from the southernmost city in the continental United States. Dry Tortugas National Park Part of the National Park Service, the …

A huge Pacific storm that parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least three people, eased off Saturday. But it was only a temporary reprieve as new storms took aim farther north. The National Weather Service predicted drying weather through Sunday, followed by the …

The woman behind the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, the 1973 case known as Roe v. Wade, died Saturday at age 69, decades after changing her position to become an anti-abortion activist. Norma McCorvey died of heart failure at an assisted-living facility in Katy, Texas, according to journalist Joshua Prager, who is writing …

Donald Trump will mark his first month in office Monday, a presidential debut unlike any other in recent history. Trump has proclaimed his presidency an early success in bringing change to Washington, even as he lashes out at what he describes as a “dishonest press” that he says is “out of control.” VOA national correspondent …

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military might buy Boeing fighter planes rather than those of rival Lockheed, which he has called overpriced. As VOA’s Jim Randle reports, the president spoke Friday at a Boeing factory in South Carolina as the company showed off the newest version of its 787 commercial jetliner. …

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told European allies that American security is tied to that of Europe and described NATO’s principle of collective defense as a bedrock commitment. He made the comments at the Munich Security Conference, where heads of state and delegates from across the world are gathered at a time when many fear …

U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin says talks are being held between the American and Indian governments on its proposal to manufacture F-16 fighter jets in India. The comment by Lockheed’s head of F-16 business development, Randall Howard, came at an air show in the Indian city of Bengaluru amid questions whether the company’s proposal to …

President Donald Trump’s administration has been plagued by leaks of confidential information since before Trump was sworn into office, but the nature of the unauthorized disclosures is somewhat different from the leaks that have annoyed or enraged other U.S. presidents. Leaks themselves, the premature, unofficial release of confidential policies, executive actions or plans, are nothing …

“Hello, this is New York calling.” The words, in Russian, hit Russian airwaves on February 17, 1947 — the first Russian broadcast of the Voice of America. The broadcasts were an integral part of the United States’ propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union, which was seen as the new threat once World War II was …

The Trump administration asked the founder of a New York-based private equity firm to lead a review of the intelligence community as President Donald Trump vows to crack down on what he describes as “illegal leaks” of classified information.   A senior White House official said Thursday that Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management has …

President Donald Trump moved to fill vacancies in his new administration on Thursday, selecting a Florida law school dean and former Justice Department attorney to lead the Labor Department.  R. Alexander Acosta was chosen a day after fast-food executive Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination for labor after losing support among Republican senators. Puzder pulled out …

A senior U.N. official warns Syrian civilians will starve to death unless the United States and Russia pressure the Syrian government and armed opposition to allow humanitarian aid to reach hundreds of thousands of people trapped in besieged and hard-to-reach areas. The special advisor to the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland, says people …

Mexico says U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly are headed to Mexico next week. Mexico’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the two Cabinet secretaries will be in Mexico City on Thursday, February 23, to meet with Mexican officials. The ministry said the talks aim to promote a …

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday criticized Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s stewardship of the U.S. economy and urged her to halt work on financial regulation until President Donald Trump names new policymakers to the central bank. In a tense hearing before the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee, Republicans made clear they will keep pressing the …

The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States has nearly tripled since 2015, due in part to radical Islamic attacks and the incendiary rhetoric of last year’s presidential campaign, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday in a new report.   The number of anti-Muslim groups increased from 34 in 2015 to 101 …

The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached a plea agreement with the man who purchased two of the guns used in the 2015 attack in San Bernardino, California that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others.  Under terms of the deal, Enrique Marquez is due to plead guilty Thursday to conspiracy to provide material …

Rural landowners make $222 million per year renting their land for wind turbines.  The solar energy industry added more than 30,000 jobs last year, employing more than 200,000 people.  A group of Republican and Democratic governors focused on these and other economic points in a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday, urging the Republican …

Quite a rally for Rumor – a commanding comeback for German shepherds, too. Rumor was crowned America’s top dog Tuesday night when, a year after a near miss on the very same green carpet, she came out of retirement to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. Cheered loudly all around the ring …

The first meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump revealed vastly different ideas on immigration and border security. Those differences became especially stark during a joint briefing after talks on Monday. VOA White House Correspondent Mary Alice Salinas reports. …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington Tuesday for his first visit with Donald Trump as president. Netanyahu’s frosty relationship with Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, was well documented, and Trump’s campaign statements supporting Israel gave Netanyahu reasons to expect a better relationship. But recent statements by Trump may give the prime minister some pause. …

Emergency workers are trying to seal a crumbling spillway on a California dam to prevent flooding of local communities. Close to 200,000 residents were ordered to evacuate from the area below the Lake Oroville Dam, after it was determined that the spillway that diverts the water overflow from the dam, might give way. Zlatica Hoke …

The secretary-general of the United Nations says he “deeply regrets” the United States’ decision to block a former Palestinian prime minister from leading the world body’s political mission in Libya. Antonio Guterres says that Salam Fayyad was “the right person for the right job at the right moment.” Guterres said: “I think it is a …

With tensions between the United States and Iran mounting over Tehran’s test-firing of mid-range ballistic missiles, Iran’s hardliners appear emboldened. They talk now of having a chance of winning their country’s presidential election in May – or at least turning incumbent Hassan Rouhani into a lame-duck president, if he does manage to secure reelection. Observers …

Lawyers for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will try Monday to convince a judge that he cannot get a fair trial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy because of highly charged statements made by President Donald Trump.   The pretrial hearing before a military judge at Fort Bragg is expected to focus on …

 A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday to publicly defend embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with a Russian diplomat about U.S. sanctions before Trump’s inauguration. The uncertainty comes as Trump is dealing with North Korea’s apparent first missile launch of the year and his presidency, …