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Pompeo Emboldened After Bolton Exit, Takes Lead on Saudi Oil Crisis
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is facing his first major crisis on how to respond to the attacks on Saudi oil facilities, which he blamed on Iran. In response to the attacks, President Donald Trump ha...
Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine to Probe Company Linked to Biden’s Son
U.S. President Donald Trump is denying he said anything “wrong” in a telephone conversation with the new president of Ukraine during which Trump allegedly urged him to investigate the son ...
US Marines Charged in Connection With Human Smuggling Ring
Thirteen U.S. Marines arrested in July in connection with an alleged human smuggling operation in Southern California are now facing formal charges from the military. The charges range from failure to...
Bus With Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in Utah; 4 Dead
A bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, authorities said Friday. The morning ...
23 States Sue Trump to Keep California’s Auto Emission Rules
California sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking its authority to set greenhouse gas emission and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, enlisting help from 22 other states i...
Trump Administration Revokes California’s Strict Emission Standards Despite Its Pollution
Remnants of tropical storm Imelda have caused serious flooding in eastern Texas, including parts of Houston, forcing evacuations, flight cancellations, school closures and causing some outages. Report...
Washington Monument Reopens After Repairs, Upgrades
The Washington Monument reopened to the public on Thursday after being closed for years to replace its aging elevator and security system. First lady Melania Trump attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony...
‘Middle of the Herd’ no More: Amazon Tackles Climate Change
Online shopping giant Amazon revealed a carbon footprint Thursday that rivals that of a small country and vowed to reduce the damage to the planet by cutting its use of fossil fuels. The company, whic...
Next-generation F-35 Fighter Jets Go to National Guard Unit
The Vermont Air National Guard is due to take delivery of the first two of what will become 20 F-35 fighter aircrafts, the first guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter. The aircraft will be...
Democrats to Argue Republicans Rushing Trump’s Labor Nominee
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department faces a Senate confirmation hearing, even as Democrats argue that they haven’t had enough time to scour his record of legal wor...
Warren Surges in Democratic Presidential Race
A new poll shows Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren surging into second place in the Democratic presidential race behind former Vice President Joe Biden. The latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal po...
Facebook Still Auto-Generating Islamic State, Al-Qaida Pages
In the face of criticism that Facebook is not doing enough to combat extremist messaging, the company likes to say that its automated systems remove the vast majority of prohibited content glorifying ...
Trump, Finland’s President to Meet at White House in October
President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto will mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between their countries at the White House next month. The White House says the Oct. 2 meeting w...
Oil Price Drops for 2nd Day as Saudi Crude Output Recovers
The price of oil fell again Wednesday after the Saudi government said half of the production knocked out by an attack over the weekend had already had been restored. Benchmark U.S. crude fell about $1...
On Gun Control, US Lawmakers Wait for White House
Just a week ago, when the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican-led Senate came back to work after a six-week summer recess, legislative action on gun control seemed possible...
US Concludes Iran Launched Oil Field Attacks in Saudi Arabia
Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb and Katherine Ahn of VOA’s Persian Service contributed to this report. There is growing evidence that a drone and missile attack launched against Saudi Arabian ...