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‘They need to give him a chance!’ Salesman Dick Becker, a Trump supporter from the small town of Lancaster, Wisconsin, is optimistic about America’s future now that Donald Trump is president. His is one of many voices VOA heard from as we traveled a rural stretch of counties along the upper Mississippi River, meeting people in overwhelmingly white, Christian, working and middle class communities who are anxious for President Trump to put his stamp on Washington.

VIDEO: On Monday, Americans will mark Memorial Day, a federal holiday honoring people who’ve died serving in the US armed services. In Washington, DC, there are more than a dozen memorials dedicated to those who died in service to their country. Here are some of the best-known military monuments.

VIDEO: A POW remembers. Memorial Day is particularly significant for people like US Air Force Capt. Guy Gruters, who spent five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, some of that time at the notorious prison camp known as the Hanoi Hilton. 

The future of human spaceflight is taking shape along a tree-lined road in Rockford, Illinois. A local tool company is building components critical to NASA’s effort to take people back to the moon and, eventually, to ‘boldly go where no man has gone before’ — Mars.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: Did you know the United States shares its nuclear weapons with other countries? A NATO nuclear sharing program makes the weapons available to certain US allies. Here’s how the program works.

The future is uncertain for 50 Somali nationals who were deported back to their native country today. VOA spoke to members of the group as they arrived at Mogadishu airport. Some had spent everything they had in hopes of attaining their piece of the American Dream.

The longest bridge in India has opened in the country’s remote northeast to boost its defenses close to its contested border with China. The 9.15-kilometer Dhola Sadiya bridge offers faster access to the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls South Tibet. The bridge was designed to withstand the weight of 60-ton battle tanks.