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Republican Lawmaker Calling for Trump’s Impeachment Draws Backlash

By Ken Bredemeier/VOA News WASHINGTON — A Michigan congressman who was the first Republican to call for President Donald Trump's impeachment defended himself Monday against attacks from other Republicans supporting Trump. Rep. Justin Amash,...

Trump Tells Former Counsel to Ignore Congressional Subpoena

By Steve Herman with reports from Patsy Widakuswara/VOA News WHITE HOUSE — The White House, acting on a legal opinion from the Justice Department, has instructed its former counsel not to testify before Congress. Lawyer...

Pompeo Talks to VOA About Venezuela, Iran, Nicaragua

VOA News U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says of Venezuela's leadership that "the people have spoken" and they have forcefully rejected President Nicolas Maduro and his regime. While visiting Paraguay on Saturday,...

Trump Considers Sending Illegal Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities

VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was considering sending detained illegal migrants to so-called sanctuary cities, which oppose his tough immigration policies. Trump made the announcement hours after White...

Surgeons Perform First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant

By Carol Pearson/VOA News For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV. A team from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore performed...

UN Orders Members to Crack Down on Terrorist Financing

VOA News  The U.N. Security Council Thursday unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing. Experts believe as many as two-thirds of U.N. members are not adequately prosecuting...

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