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In a new CBS/YouGov poll, 21% of Republicans said they approved of the bloody siege on the U.S. Congress by supporters of President Donald Trump. Many more believe the November election was rigged. As the U.S. heads into a turbulent transition of power, Patsy Widakuswara has the story on this divided and angry nation. Producer: Bakhtiyar Zamanov

By Joseph Choi - 01/14/21 03:38 PM EST   A group of journalists from Voice of America (VOA) are demanding that VOA Director Robert Reilly and Deputy Director Elizabeth Robbins resign, alleging they had used the news network “to stage a propaganda event” for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo In the letter obtained by NBC News, the journalists also cited the “sudden and unexplained reassignments of White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara and Central News Director Yolanda Lopez” a...

Their letter follows tensions over an order to broadcast Pompeo’s speech and the reassignment of a reporter who asked him questions.

Ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th, law enforcement and local government officials in Washington, D.C., are implementing unprecedented security measures to avoid the kind of massive security breach that happened last week when thousands of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Patsy Widakuswara has this report. VOA Khmer's Sisovann Pin narrates.

In less than a week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s service will mercifully come to an end. America will be better when he leaves office. Kansas will be much better if he decides to stay away from his adopted home state forever. The latest episode in Pompeo’s reign of error came this week. The secretary gave a speech at the headquarters of Voice of America, the international news network ...

Racing against a surge of Covid-19 death toll, the U.S. federal government will release all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine and has instructed states to immediately begin vaccinating Americans 65 and older and adults with medical conditions. Patsy Widakuswara reports.

In a rebuke from Congress, U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks of New York and Michael McCaul of Texas chastised the heads of US

Democrats and Republicans in Congress want the Voice of America to reinstate Patsy Widakuswara as a White House correspondent.

The White House reporter for Voice of America was abruptly pulled from her beat after trying to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a speech he gave at the government agency this week.

VOA Under Fire For Reassigning Reporter Over Question To Pompeo By AFP News on January 13 2021 9:35 AM Voice of Americas management came under fire Tuesday across party lines after reassigning a journalist who attempted to pose a question to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo criticized the taxpayer-funded news outlet during a speech Monday at its headquarters, where he took questions from VOA executives appointed by President Donald Trump, but not its reporters. VOA White Hous...