New York Times Report Thrusts Trump Taxes Into 2020 Election Spotlight

VOA — Nearly four years after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump first faced questions about his income tax returns, the issue has returned to the forefront of the 2020 election as Trump and... Read more »

US Supreme Court Halts Census in Latest Twist of 2020 Count

VOA — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October.  President Donald Trump’s administration had asked the nation’s... Read more »

Iran Moves Closer to Rejailing Female Rights Activist Over Criticism of Government

VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has moved a step closer to re-imprisoning a female human rights advocate for her peaceful expressions of opposition to the nation’s Islamist rulers.    Speaking to VOA... Read more »

Trump’s Supreme Court pick stays silent on recusal in election cases

DW — Amy Coney Barrett refused to say if she’d step aside if the 2020 election were contested at the Supreme Court. She also refused to answer questions about how she’d rule... Read more »

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Declines to Answer Questions on Key Court Cases

VOA — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday declined to answer a range of questions from senators on how she might rule on legal disputes she would face if... Read more »

Iran Has Highest Daily Virus Death Toll, New Patient Count

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN – For the second day in a row, Iran announced on Monday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 272 people confirmed dead. The announcement by... Read more »

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett: Courts ‘Should Not Try’ to Make Policy

VOA — Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett opened Monday in Washington, with Barrett telling senators that courts “should not try” to make policy and should leave that... Read more »

Anger Can Be Good for Political Campaigns but Bad for Democracy

VOA — Rage is a powerful motivator in American politics, capable of boosting voter motivation and filling campaign coffers, according to political science and public policy professors who have studied the matter.  ... Read more »

Series of Failures Keeps Coronavirus Spreading in US, Experts Say

VOA — After roaring through coastal cities in the spring, the coronavirus has now taken root in the mostly rural states of the upper Midwest, experts say.  This development marks the latest... Read more »

Former Trump Fundraiser Charged with Illicit Lobbying on 1MDB, China

VOA — WASHINGTON – A former leading fundraiser for President Donald Trump has been indicted on a charge that he illegally lobbied the U.S. government to drop its probe into the Malaysia... Read more »