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Honduran Migrant Caravan Grows as it Moves Toward the US

The migrant caravan that started in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras has grown as it crosses the country. Some are walking. Some are in vehicles. But they all seem to have a common goal -- they want a better life. Many of them want to seek that life in the United States. March organizer Bartolo Fuentes told Reuters that participants are fleeing poverty and violence back home. San Pedro Sula has one of the world's highest murder...

Chinese Envoy Says US Charge of Election Interference 'Groundless'

China's ambassador to the U.S. says many accusations the Trump administration has made against Beijing are "groundless", including election interference. "One of the fundamental principles in China's foreign policy is non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries," Ambassador Cui Tiankai told Fox television Sunday. "We have been consistent in this position. We have a very good track record." Without presenting any tangible evidence of...

Report: Kushner Likely Paid Little, No US Taxes for Years

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, likely paid little or no federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing confidential financial documents. The documents were created with Kushner’s cooperation as part of a review of his finances by an institution that was considering lending him money, the Times reported. The Times said that Kushner’s tax bills reflected the use of a tax benefit known as...

More Fallout from Disappearance of Saudi Journalist

Washington is witnessing increasingly severe fallout stemming from the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey nearly two weeks ago. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers are promising consequences if Khashoggi died at the hands of Saudi agents, but disagree on which punitive actions to consider.

Trump Suggests Defense Chief Could Leave

U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis could be one of his next key officials to leave the government. The Republican president, said in an interview Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes" news show, that he has no indication that Mattis is leaving, but added, "It could be that he is. I think he's sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth." The U.S. leader described the retired Marine Corps general as "a good guy. We get...

Trump Says Climate Change Is Not a Hoax

U.S. President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax. In an interview broadcast Sunday, Trump told CBS-TV's 60 Minutes "I think something's happening. Something's changing and it'll change back again...I'm not denying climate change, but it could very well go back. You know, we're talking about over millions of years." Trump has over the years called global warming a hoax and had once called it a Chinese plot aimed at...

Immigrants Face Hurdles to Prove Abuse by US Agents

Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search. The agent in question denied the allegations, including the sisters’ claims that he touched their genitals. He insisted he had only fingerprinted the sisters before taking them back to their cell. Investigating the case came down to the sisters’ word versus the agent’s. And as in dozens of similar cases,...