Steve Herman

VOA chief national correspondent/former White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ Adjunct asst. professor, Shenandoah Univ.; Adjunct lecturer in journalism, Univ. of Richmond; 2022-23 [@JURISTnews](https://journa.host/@JURISTnews ) journalist-in-residence, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law; Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio Univ.; American Foreign Service Assoc. governing board; Nevada Broadcasters Assoc. Hall of Fame; W7VOA on ham radio.

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2024-06-21 18:08:33

“I felt compelled today to voice my profound concerns about escalation between Israel and Hezbollah along the Blue Line. Escalation in continued exchanges of fire. Escalation in bellicose rhetoric from both sides as if an all-out war was imminent. The risk for the conflict in the Middle East to widen is real -- and must be avoided,” UN Secretary General António Guterres tells reporters.

2024-05-29 19:59:24

During a group photo with greeters on the PHL tarmac a reporter shouted a question at President Biden about whether he'd serve four more years or hand over power to VP Harris. He replied: “You're not hurt are you? Are you okay? Did you fall on your head or something?”

2024-05-26 03:06:27

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Trump promises to free Ross William Ulbricht, who is serving a life term for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road. This is an important cause for many Libertarian delegates.

2024-05-26 02:55:00

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The transactional Trump says if the Libertarians nominate him he'll put a Libertarian in his Cabinet and in senior positions.

2024-05-26 02:54:20

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Libertarian Party should nominate him as their presidential candidate "only if you want to win. Maybe you don't want to win," says Trump. Crowd boos. Trump then adds if they don't want to nominate him then they can continue to get their 3% in presidential elections.
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2024-05-26 02:49:37

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I don't think Donald Trump has ever heard a crowd boo and heckle him like this. He's now rushing through his teleprompter speech and not doing much ad-libbing.

2024-05-26 02:46:53

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Trump says he's extending a hand and asking for the cooperation of the Libertarians to defeat Communism, Marxism and Biden.
"You have to combine with us," adds Trump after being interrupted by protest chants.
Crowd boos.
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2024-05-26 02:42:24

"If I wasn't a libertarian before, I'm sure as hell a libertarian now," Donald Trump tells the Libertarian National Convention, saying this is because he's been indicted by the federal government 91 times.
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2024-05-17 00:51:11

NY Times: After the 2020 election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of SCOTUS Justice Alito. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.dA3q.762sBv-t9c_6&smid=url-share

2024-05-15 16:22:45

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"I’ve received and accepted an invitation from CNN for a debate on June 27th. Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place." -- President Biden in a social media statement

2024-05-14 17:40:18

Writer Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013 and the Man Booker International Prize in 2009, has died at the age of 92. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alice-munro-death-author

2024-05-13 22:07:01

President Biden orders a Chinese-owned Bitcoin mining operation close to a USAF base with ICBMs in Wyoming to shut down. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/13/order-regarding-the-acquisition-of-certain-real-property-of-cheyenne-leads-by-mineone-cloud-computing-investment-i-l-p/

2024-05-09 14:10:58

Washington Post: At Mar-a-Lago, Trump asked oil CEOs to raise $1 billion for his campaign and told them if he gets back in the White House he'll immediately reverse dozens of Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted. https://wapo.st/3UBf4Fy

2024-05-05 12:34:02

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/5/netanyahu-government-votes-to-close-al-jazeera-channel-in-israel

2024-04-15 01:36:53

US Central Command says its forces, supported by US European Command destroyers, on Saturday and Sunday "successfully engaged and destroyed more than 80 one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and at least six ballistic missiles intended to strike Israel from Iran and Yemen. This includes a ballistic missile on its launcher vehicle and seven UAVs destroyed on the ground in Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen prior to their launch."

2024-04-09 18:21:30

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"Astounding to me" that the world, while roundly condemning Israel, remains silent on the atrocities of Hamas, says Blinken, asking "where's the outrage there?" He adds that Israel does have moral and strategic obligations to protect Palestinian civilians.

2024-04-09 17:56:57

"We do not have a date for any Rafah operation, one that's been communicated to us by the Israelis," says Secretary of State Blinken. "On the contrary, what we have is an ongoing conversation with Israel, about any Rafah operation. The president's been very clear about our concerns, our deep concerns about Israel's ability to move civilians out of out of harm's way, to care for them once they're out of harm's way."
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2024-04-09 12:35:20

CNN - A campaign official for RFK Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support the independent presidential bid by arguing it’ll help Trump defeat Biden if he’s on the ballot in New York. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/rfk-jr-new-york-biden-trump/index.html

2024-04-08 12:51:05

TSMC will build a third chip factory in Phoenix, Arizona.
https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3122

2024-04-06 14:05:17

(AP) — The Mexican president has quickly moved to break off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who had sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption charges. https://apnews.com/article/de5aa3a638b54fdfa3474c8ee25ca57e

2024-04-01 23:55:46

US, Israel agree “that they share the objective to see Hamas defeated in Rafah.” - joint statement
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2024-03-22 20:21:22

The former chair of the RNC, Ronna McDaniel, is to become an on-air contributor at NBC and MSNBC, which she previously characterized as a propaganda outfit. https://www.newsweek.com/ronna-mcdaniels-new-job-ignites-firestorm-1882451