VOA director Michael Abramowitz said, ‘for the first time in 83 years, the storied Voice of America is being silenced.’ About 1,300 journalists, producers, and assistants at the federally funded Voice of America (VOA) news organization were placed on administrative leave, said VOA director Michael Abramowitz in a post on LinkedIn on Saturday. “For the
Adam Boehler will continue to work as a special government employee in the administration. The White House has confirmed that Adam Boehler was withdrawn as the president’s nominee special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. Boehler, who recently was working to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, will work as a “special government
The United States has designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a terrorist organization. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 16 that the Trump administration had sent more than 250 Venezuelans accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang to a prison in El Salvador amid an active federal court
The lawmakers point to four years of ‘brazen attacks’ by China’s cyber proxies that target government institutions and citizens with ’near impunity.’ A group of senators, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), has urged President Donald Trump to bolster U.S. cyber defenses in response to China’s persistent onslaught. In a March 11 letter co-signed
Several Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the bill, which funds the government through the end of the fiscal year. President Donald Trump on March 15 signed a bill into law funding the government through the end of September, avoiding the looming threat of a government shutdown. In a post on the social platform X, White
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting federal aid to South Africa, objecting to its land policy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States is expelling the South African ambassador, saying he is “no longer welcome in our great country.” In a March 14 post on the social media
Last week, while Trump hosted Ireland’s prime minister at the White House, the parish of St. John the Beloved, just across the river, held its annual Irish-Italian cookoff. The competition is closer than you think—one side is a cornucopia of potatoes, corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes (did I mention potatoes?) and the other side is a sea