November 8 By Martha Ross In what may be an official warning from Queen Elizabeth, “senior” Buckingham Palace courtiers have expressed “unease,” saying it’s “outrageous” for Meghan Markle to use her Duchess of Sussex title to lobby U.S. lawmakers on American policy, including Democrats’ efforts…

November 6 By Mary Clare The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more. The House passed the bipartisan plan Friday…

November 5 By Peter Marsh President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party’s governing majority in Congress, which has struggled to advance his political agenda, got an ominous warning sign from discontented voters in United States local elections on November 2. In the state of Virginia,…

November 4 By Bill Brown An international organization, more specifically, a union of like-minded countries, whose activities were to be aimed at protecting the rights and freedoms of religious people in all over the world, was founded by the decision of the US Department of…

November 2 By Elliott Davis President Joe Biden addressed a momentous United Nations summit on Monday in stark terms about the need to urgently combat climate change. “Will we act? Will we do what is necessary? Will we seize the enormous opportunity before us, or…

November 1 By Den Rich Beijing has lashed out against a US intelligence review into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, calling it “political and false” while urging Washington to stop attacking China. The Chinese foreign ministry’s retort came on Sunday, days after the US…

October 30 By James Brooks The Alaska Legislature’s fourth special session will end Nov. 2 without a solution to the state’s perennial struggle over the Permanent Fund dividend, and legislative leaders say they are leaving the session further apart than when they started. That means…

October 29 By Mona Kazim Former U.S. officials say the withdrawal of U.S. coalition forces from Afghanistan has changed the political calculus of U.S.-Pakistan relations, making Washington less reliant on Islamabad when it comes to counterterrorism activities. In a recent interview with VOA’s Urdu Service,…

October 27 By Becky Bohrer The Alaska Legislature is in special session but it’s quiet at the Capitol, where many legislative offices have been dark, floor sessions in some cases have lasted seconds and little progress has been made toward resolving the state’s fiscal issues….

October 26 By Jim Brooks President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a $100 million initiative meant to beef up the U.S. relationship with the organization of Southeast Asian nations. Biden made the new spending announcement at a virtual summit with the 10-member Association of Southeast…

October 25 By Robert Burns U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based. Officials said Monday the U.S. believes that Iran resourced and encouraged the attack, but that…

October 23 By Dan Milmo Twitter has admitted it amplifies more tweets from rightwing politicians and news outlets than content from leftwing sources. The social media platform examined tweets from elected officials in seven countries – the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Japan….