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 »

COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Immune for Up to a Year, Experts Say

VOA — A U.S. disease expert says COVID-19 survivors may expect to be immune from another case for as long as one year.  Former Food and Drug Administration official Dr. Scott Gottleib appeared on CBS’s Face... Read more »

Police: At Least 18 Shot, With 4 Dead, Across Cincinnati

VOA — CINCINNATI, OHIO – At least 18 people were shot, including four killed, as gunfire erupted in several places around the Ohio city overnight, authorities said Sunday. Officers responded just after... Read more »

US Scientists Say COVID Particles Can Spread as Much as 4.8 Meters from the Infected

VOA — U.S. scientists say they have isolated infectious particles of the coronavirus as much as 4.8 meters away from hospitalized patients. The scientists said the widely accepted 2-meter distance advised to... Read more »

Trump Says Will Try ‘Snapback’ to Force Return of UN Iran Sanctions

VOA — BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY – U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will try a controversial “snapback” to force a return of U.N. sanctions against Iran, after the Security Council rejected... Read more »

Pompeo in Vienna: US vows to extend Iran arms embargo

DW — A United Nations vote is expected to trigger a confrontation between world powers over whether sanctions eased under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal should be reimposed. US Secretary of State... Read more »

Bid of US Fails to Get Extension of UN Arms Embargo on Iran

VOA — NEW YORK – The United States failed Friday to get an extension of an expiring U.N. arms embargo against Iran, raising the likelihood that Washington will seek to force a... Read more »

Trump Rejects Biden’s Calls for National Mask Mandate

VOA — WILMINGTON, DEL. – Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling for a national mask mandate to cut the number of future deaths from the coronavirus in the United States.   “It doesn’t... Read more »

Department of Justice says Yale discriminates against whites and Asians

BBC — The US government says Yale University is illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The results of a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice found the Ivy League university... Read more »