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US Senate Heats Up on Climate Change

By Michael Bowman/VOA News CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate on Thursday completed its most momentous week on climate change in years, loudly swatting down an ambitious proposal to overhaul America's economy to...

Trump Renews Threat to Close Southern Border With Mexico

By Ken Bredemeier/VOA News  U.S. President Donald Trump is renewing his threat to close the country's southern border, saying Mexico and three Central American countries are not doing anything to halt the surge...

Sanders Holds Campaign Kickoff Rally in Birthplace

VOA News Bernie Sanders, the independent U.S. senator who represented third-party interests in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, on Saturday stepped back into the spotlight with a rally for his 2020 run...

Trump: Some Lawmakers Probing My Finances Are ‘Sick’

VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a friendly audience Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, capping a tumultuous week highlighted by failed talks at a summit with North Korean...

Nauert Withdraws From Consideration for UN Post

VOA News with reports from Steve Herman, Cindy Saine and Nike Ching State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert on Saturday said she had withdrawn her name from consideration for U.S. ambassador to the United...

Extreme Cold Causes Misery Across US

VOA News Hundreds of millions of Americans spent Wednesday seeking relief from some of the coldest weather ever recorded in the continental United States. Officials said temperatures were below the freezing mark in...

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