One in 3 US Rhodes Scholars African-American, Highest Ratio Ever One-third of the newest crop of Rhodes Scholars from the United States are African-Americans, the most ever elected in a… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
With Little Movement, NAFTA Talks Said to Run Risk of Stalemate Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to be in danger of grinding toward a stalemate amid… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
US Ambassador to Russia Attacks Moscow’s Pending Restrictions on US-funded News Agencies The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Sunday attacked Moscow's move toward forcing nine United States government-funded news operations to register… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
Some Firsts Among 32 US Students Picked as Rhodes Scholars The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 10 African-Americans, the most ever in a single Rhodes class, a transgender… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
US Marine Involved in Fatal Accident in Okinawa Police in Okinawa are investigating a fatal traffic accident, involving an elderly man and a U.S. Marine. Police say a… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
US Pulls Cambodia’s Election Funding; Hun Sen Says Cut It All Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen challenged the United States on Sunday to cut all aid after it announced it was… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
New Orleans Elects Its First Woman Mayor LaToya Cantrell, a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
FBI Report on Black ‘Extremists’ Raises New Monitoring Fears An FBI report on the rise of black "extremists" is stirring fears of a return to practices used during the… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
Palestinians Vow to Suspend Talks If US Closes PLO Mission The Palestinians threatened Saturday to suspend all communication with the United States if the Trump administration follows through with plans… 11/19/2017 Aimusa
U.S. General Says He’d Resist ‘Illegal’ Nuclear Strike Order From Trump The top U.S. nuclear commander was quoted as saying Saturday that he would resist President Donald Trump if he ordered… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Turkish Prosecutors Open Probe of Former, Acting US Attorneys Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation Saturday of two U.S. prosecutors involved in putting a Turkish-Iranian businessman on trial for allegedly… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Sitting Bull: A Hero of Lakota Resistance Editor’s note: November is Native American Heritage Month. First proclaimed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, it is… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Tillerson: US Seeks to Unlock the Potential of a Growing African Continent Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosted discussions Friday at the State Department with 37 foreign ministers or other representatives from… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Some Republicans Nervous NAFTA Talks Could Fail Pro-trade Republicans in the U.S. Congress are growing worried that U.S. President Donald Trump may try to quit the NAFTA… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Kushner’s Lawyer Pushes Back on US Senate Committee Request A lawyer for White House adviser Jared Kushner pushed back Friday after a Senate committee said he had not been… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Trump Puts on Hold New Policy on Imports of Big Game Trophies U.S. President Donald Trump says he is putting on hold a decision to allow imports of big game trophies until… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
US Puts Palestinians on Notice: DC Office May Be Shuttered The Trump administration put the Palestinians on notice Friday that it will shutter their office in Washington unless they’ve entered… 11/18/2017 Aimusa
Controversial Bible Museum to Open in Washington A larger than life entrance greets visitors at the new Museum of the Bible in Washington — dramatic 12-meter-tall doors… 11/17/2017 Aimusa
Despite Health Risks and Exploitation, Undocumented Immigrants Clean Up Houston In a Home Depot parking lot off I-45 in Houston, a group of about 20 men, mostly undocumented and Latino,… 11/17/2017 Aimusa
Despite Health Risks, Undocumented Immigrants Clean Up Houston It's been more than two months since Hurricane Harvey destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of homes across Houston and… 11/17/2017 Aimusa