Day: October 26, 2020

Some 60,000 people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Monday as a fast-spreading wildfire raged across more than 7,200 acres (3,000 hectares), blocking key roadways and critically injuring two firefighters. The so-called...

Trailing in the polls, President Donald Trump has seized upon recently disclosed emails allegedly from the son of Democratic candidate Joe Biden as an “October Surprise" that could alter the race. VOA's Brian Padden...

The U.S. Senate confirmed federal appellate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a seat on the Supreme Court in a 52-48 vote late Monday.Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine joined the entire Democratic caucus voting against...

U.S. and Japanese maritime self-defense forces carried out military exercises, Monday, October 26, on Japan's helicopter carrier. Japan and the U.S. began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the...

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 100 Boeing-made Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems to Taiwan in a deal that has a potential value of up to $2.37 billion, the Pentagon said Monday. The move comes days...