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The U.S. Department of Justice responded Thursday to a ruling that limits access to the abortion pill mifepristone and said it would ask the Supreme Court for an emergency order to put any restrictions on hold. After conflicting rulings…

Addressing the U.N. Security Council for the first time, a former Colombian rebel leader who now heads a political party urged the country's remaining armed groups Thursday to recognize left-wing President Gustavo Petro's government as…

The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature on Thursday approved a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a proposal supported by the Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as he prepares for an expected presidential run. DeSantis is…

U.S. authorities have arrested a 21-year-old American working on a U.S. military base in connection with the leak of classified intelligence documents, including secrets about the war in Ukraine. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.

A Biden administration proposal would force U.S. automakers to sharply increase their production of electric cars and trucks over the next decade, lending greater urgency to the effort to build raw material supply chains that reduce the…

Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been "quite painful" but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year. In an interview also streamed live late Tuesday on…

U.S. President Joe Biden told people in Belfast on Wednesday that he hoped Northern Ireland’s devolved power-sharing government could soon be restored, promising that American corporations were ready to invest in the region. “Many have…

U.S. consumer inflation eased in March, with less expensive gas and food providing some relief to households that have struggled under the weight of surging prices. Yet prices are still rising fast enough to keep the Federal Reserve on…

Broadcaster National Public Radio said Wednesday it would no longer post its news content on 52 official Twitter accounts in protest of the social media site labeling the independent U.S. news agency as "government-funded media."  NPR is…

Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, New York Attorney General Letitia…