US House Passes $25B in Emergency Postal Service Funding

VOA — The House of Representatives passed emergency legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the U.S. Postal Service as the country prepares for possible record numbers of mail-in votes during the... Read more »

Half of US COVID Deaths Are People of Color

VOA — The Associated Press reported Friday that half the COVID-19 deaths in the United States were people of color – Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asian Americans. An analysis by The... Read more »

At Least 6 Killed, 175,000 Evacuated as California Battles Hundreds of Wildfires

VOA — At least six people have died and 175,000 have been forced to flee their homes because of wildfires raging through California, some of them the largest blazes in the state’s... Read more »

74 Top Republicans Endorse Biden for President

VOA — Seventy-four former Republican national security officials say they are voting for Democrat Joe Biden for president because they believe Donald Trump is engaging “in corrupt behavior that renders him unfit... Read more »

Iran nuclear deal: European nations ‘siding with ayatollahs’ – Pompeo

BBC — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused European allies of “siding with the ayatollahs” after they said the US could not reimpose sanctions on Iran. The UK, France and... Read more »

Kushner Makes Peace Overture to Iran as Trump Seeks Negotiations if Re-elected

VOA — WASHINGTON – Jared Kushner, the senior adviser to President Donald Trump, is calling on Iran to make peace with Washington as Trump predicts there will be a quick return to... Read more »

US seeks to trigger UN ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran

DW — The US aims to activate a “snapback” mechanism in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that would restore international sanctions on Iran. The move escalates a dispute between the US and... Read more »

Jill Biden to Make the Presidential Case for Her Husband

VOA — WASHINGTON – Jill Biden, a longtime college English professor, is set Tuesday night to try to persuade U.S. voters why they should elect her husband of 43 years, former Vice... Read more »

Senate Report Provides New Details of Russian Meddling in 2016 Presidential Election

VOA — A bipartisan investigation into Russian efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election found that Moscow successfully used a complex web of operatives and active measures to... Read more »

Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Stripping Health Care Protections From Transgenders

VOA — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new regulation that would cut back health care protections for transgenders.  Judge Frederic Block’s last-minute decision puts on hold a rule that was to... Read more »