2017-11-03 Trump Calls on US Congress to Change Immigration Policy
The Uzbek man who killed eight people in New York City came to the United States on a diversity immigrant visa. After the attack, President Donald Trump announced he wants…
2017-10-31 Former Trump Campaign Aides Charged
United States officials have announced the first charges resulting from an investigation of Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election last year. A federal grand jury indicted Paul Manafort…
2017-10-23 US Begins Collecting Social Media Information from Immigrants
United States officials now have permission to collect usernames and other social media information from all immigrants seeking to enter the country. The new rule went into effect October 18…
2017-10-03 Gunman Kills More Than 50, Injures Hundreds at Las Vegas Concert
A gunman killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 500 others Sunday night in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The attack took place at an…
2017-09-26 Trump Extends New Travel Restrictions to Eight Countries
Travelers to the United States from eight countries face new restrictions under a document that President Donald Trump signed on Sunday. The new restrictions are to take effect on October…
2017-09-18 Asian Americans Are a Fast-Growing, Diverse Group
The Asian American population is growing faster than any other major ethnic or racial group. From 2010 to 2016, 42 percent of the 8.1 million people who came to the…
2017-09-13 Study: Record Low Numbers of White, Christian Americans
The number of Americans who identify as white and Christian now represents less than 50 percent of the United States population. A new study says immigrants have driven the decrease…
2017-09-06 Trump Administration Ends ‘Dreamer’ Immigration Program
The Trump administration is moving to end a program that protected 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants in the United States. Many of the immigrants were children when they entered the country…
2017-09-04 Why We Take ‘Selfies’
Why do people take “selfies?” Researchers at Syracuse University in New York tried to answer that question. They came up with some surprising answers. People who post selfies and use…
2017-09-03 Civil Rights Leader’s Home May Be Returned to US
Rosa Parks became famous in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. She was important in the movement…
2017-08-25 Largest Single US Lottery Payout Gives Winner $759 Million
A very lucky person has won the largest single lottery payout in United States history – $758.7 million. A 53-year-old hospital worker from Massachusetts, Mavis Wanczyk, came forward Thursday to…
2017-08-19 Why Some Americans Are Still Fighting the Civil War
General Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate Army during the United States Civil War, died in 1870. But in some ways, he lives today. Americans are having a heated…
2017-08-16 Trump Again Blames ‘Both Sides’ for Charlottesville Violence
President Donald Trump has again blamed “both sides” for deadly clashes last weekend between white supremacists and other protesters. His comments came in response to questions from reporters Tuesday at…
2017-08-15 Trump Calls Racist Hate Groups ‘Evil’
President Donald Trump spoke Monday about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. He strongly criticized white supremacists and other hate groups. A 32-year-old woman was killed Saturday and 19 people…
2017-08-14 Can US Politicians Legally Block People on Twitter?
American civil liberties groups want politicians to stop blocking people from their social media accounts. And those politicians include President Donald Trump. The American Civil Liberties Union, known as the…