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Tuesday, 03 July 2018

President Trump is quietly reshaping the US judiciary. Well before Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement last week, Trump had been methodically appointing conservatives to federal courts. And that includes naming a record number of jurists to the powerful courts of appeals, which are just one rung below America’s highest court — changes that will leave Trump’s mark for a generation.

On This Day in American History

On July 3, 1962, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1947 when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers’ signing of Robinson marked the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which had confined black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. (Photo: Robinson in 1954)

What does it mean to do the ‘Christian’ thing when it comes to immigration? The US attorney general has quoted the Bible as justification for tougher immigration policies. And while leaders of the Christian faith all follow the teachings of the Bible, their views on immigration are quite diverse.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Immigration is a key issue for President Trump’s base. Republican candidates running for election in the 2018 midterms have adopted Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric, but is focusing on immigration the slam dunk that Trump and the GOP need to come out ahead in November?

VIDEO: Questions about the meaning of life, space, technology and the future raised 50 years ago by the sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey remain relevant today. The film opened to mixed reviews in 1968; it was considered too cerebral and slow-moving to be appreciated by general audiences. Today, the movie is one of the American Film Institute’s top 100 films of all time. VOA explores Space Odyssey’s lasting power and relevance a half century later.


The Fourth of July commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, when the 13 US colonies severed ties with Britain on July 4, 1776. It’s been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, which means almost everyone has the day off. Here’s how Americans celebrate Independence Day.

Independence Day is the most patriotic American holiday. A new survey suggests different states have different levels of patriotism. Now patriotism means different things to different people, but the survey decided to define the most patriotic state using specific metrics like the number of residents in the military, or who are veterans, volunteerism and civic engagement, including voting rates. So which is the most patriotic state of them all?

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