Category: This Is America (今日美国)

Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The countries are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,…

More women may be running for elected office in the United States as a result of the Women’s March on Washington. The march in the U.S. capital took place one…

President Donald Trump ordered the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to act on his campaign promise of stronger immigration enforcement. The president signed executive orders to make…

Hundreds of thousands of mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, parents and children, and groups of friends gathered January 21 for the Women’s March on Washington. The protest was peaceful…

Donald Trump faces a deeply divided country as he takes office Friday as the 45th president of the United States. That divide can be seen in results from public opinion…

Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States on the U.S. Capitol steps on Friday. A special Congressional committee offered 250,000 tickets…

In 1968, American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed outside his motel room. Four days later, a congressman proposed a federal holiday honoring King. It…

Every part of the United States is known for some special kind of food. Americans in Maine would say their state is best known for its seafood, especially lobster. Texas…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump now says he believes Russia was involved in cyberattacks during the presidential election. It was the first time Trump has admitted Russian involvement in hacking computers…

American President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a high-level position in his administration. Trump asked Kushner to serve as a senior adviser to the president. Unlike…

A powerful storm has brought down one of the most famous trees in the United States. The huge “Pioneer Cabin Tree” fell Sunday in northern California during a storm that…

Experts say increased production of oil and gas in the United States, along with production cuts by OPEC, could lead to an American energy surplus. Adam Sieminski is head of…

Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States. Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on…

United States intelligence leaders say they believe high-level Russian officials were directly responsible for attacking American computers during the 2016 election campaign. The intelligence leaders met with a U.S. Senate…

Ford Motor Company says it has cancelled plans to build a car factory in Mexico. Ford said this week it will not move forward with plans to build a factory…