2017-01-31 US Has a Long History of Restricting Immigrants
Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the…
2017-01-30 After March, More Women Ready to Run for Office
More women may be running for elected office in the United States as a result of the Women’s March on…
2017-01-26 Trump Announces Plan for Border Wall
President Donald Trump ordered the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to act on his campaign promise of…
2017-01-23 Hundreds of Thousands Attend Women’s March on Washington
Hundreds of thousands of mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children, and groups of friends gathered January 21…
2017-01-20 New US President Faces Politically Divided Country
Donald Trump faces a deeply divided country as he takes office Friday as the 45th president of the United States.…
2017-01-20 Trump Supporters Excited to Attend Inauguration
Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States on the U.S. Capitol…
2017-01-16 MLK Day: The Fight for a Holiday to Celebrate Peace
In 1968, American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed outside his motel room. Four days…
2017-01-16 New Orleans Cooking Meets a Taste of Vietnam
Every part of the United States is known for some special kind of food. Americans in Maine would say their…
2017-01-13 Trump Says He Now Believes Russia Was Behind Election Hacking
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump now says he believes Russia was involved in cyberattacks during the presidential election. It was the…
2017-01-11 Trump Appoints Son-in-Law as Top Adviser
American President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a high-level position in his administration. Trump asked Kushner…
2017-01-11 California Storm Brings Down Giant Sequoia Tree
A powerful storm has brought down one of the most famous trees in the United States. The huge “Pioneer Cabin…
2017-01-11 US Could Become an Energy Exporting Country
Experts say increased production of oil and gas in the United States, along with production cuts by OPEC, could lead…
2017-01-07 First Somali-American Lawmaker Begins Work in Minnesota
Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States.…
2017-01-06 US Intelligence: Top Russian Officials Tried to Influence 2016 Election
United States intelligence leaders say they believe high-level Russian officials were directly responsible for attacking American computers during the 2016…
2017-01-05 Ford to Expand American Car Factory, Cancels Plans to Build in Mexico
Ford Motor Company says it has cancelled plans to build a car factory in Mexico. Ford said this week it…