2018-03-06 Trump Is ‘Not Backing Down’ on Tariffs Plan
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is “not backing down” on his plan to raise taxes, known as tariffs, on imported steel and aluminum. However, members of his Republican Party…
2018-02-01 Trump Calls for a ‘New American Moment’ in Speech
President Donald Trump sought to unite a deeply divided nation with his call for a “new American moment” during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Trump declared that…
2017-12-13 Trump Blames Democrats for Fueling Sexual Abuse Claims
Donald Trump is blaming opposition lawmakers for fueling stories that he abused women before becoming president of the United States. On Monday, 56 members of the U.S. House of Representatives…
2017-11-04 Social Media Companies Criticized over Russian Interference
United States lawmakers questioned representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google over Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. Congress is investigating how Russia used the companies’ internet…
2017-09-29 US Government Cuts Refugee Admissions to Historic Lows
President Donald Trump plans to sharply reduce the number of refugees permitted in the United States. The move comes at a time when humanitarian groups say more people than ever…
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…