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Trump: No Tapes of Conversations with Former FBI Director He Fired

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not record his conversations with James Comey, the former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Trump. The president fired Comey after he said the president urged him to curb the agency's investigation of Russian meddling in last year's election, which Trump denies. Trump's comment ended weeks of uncertainty about whether he had taped two private White House conversations he had with Comey. One was a private White...

Trump Questions Why Obama Administration Didn't Thwart Russian Election Meddling

U.S. President Donald Trump is questioning why his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, and his administration didn't block Russia from meddling in last year's presidential election. In a Twitter comment Thursday, Trump posed a question: "By the way, if Russia was working so hard on the 2016 Election, it all took place during the Obama Admin. Why didn't they stop them?" In another remark, Trump noted that Jeh Johnson, Obama's Homeland Security...

Pentagon: Islamic State Problem ‘Not Getting Better’ in Afghanistan

The United States military has spilled its blood, spent immense amounts of cash and even dropped a munition called the “Mother of All Bombs” in an effort to root out Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan. But despite these efforts, the Islamic State-Khorasan problem in Afghanistan is “not getting better,” Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White told VOA Wednesday in her first sit-down, on-camera interview since joining the Pentagon team. “It’s not getting better in Afghanistan in...

Another Leadership Test for Pelosi, Who's Weathered Many

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is telling Democrats that next year could be the year they take back control of the House. The response from some: It better be. In the wake of a dispiriting loss for Democrats in a Georgia special House race, Pelosi is confronting renewed questions about her leadership, especially because she was the focus of a torrent of negative advertising in the Georgia election casting her as a San Francisco liberal and linking her to the Democratic...

US Senate Unveils Health Care Bill

Republican U.S. senators have finally unveiled their version of a health care bill aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement. After weeks of secret meetings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell initially released the proposal Thursday only to Republican Senators before publishing the 142 page measure online. "We have to act," McConnell said on the Senate floor, and added "Obamacare is a direct...

Investigators Obtain Data Recorder in US Warship Collision

Japanese authorities said Thursday they have obtained a data recording device from a container ship to help determine why it collided with a U.S. destroyer, killing seven American sailors. Japanese transport safety officials said they obtained the voyage data recorder, similar to an airplane's "black box," from the Philippine-flagged ACX Crystal, which is currently docked in Yokohama near Tokyo. Investigators are examining the ship's movements, including its...

Trump Basks in Cheers of Iowa Supporters

U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday basked in the cheers of his supporters in the rural heartland of America. At a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Trump told the crowd of admirers, "It’s always terrific to be able to leave that Washington swamp and be able to spend time with the truly hardworking people. We call them American patriots.” Trump spoke for more than an hour on the his first five months in the White House, and of achievements he said the "fake news,"...