Prominent Washington correspondents discuss topics making headlines around the world ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine and VOA Chief National Correspondent, Steve Herman about the efforts of West African leaders to continue to work to restore constitutional order to Niger following a coup last month; kidnappers in Haiti release a U.S. nurse and her daughter nearly two weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint from the capital Port-au-Prince, where gang violence has taken over; Ukrainian and western officials warn Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia will be long and hard; and more stories topping the news ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House Correspondent Anita Powell and Washington Correspondent for Project 10 TV Australia, Michael Williams about reaction across the political spectrum to former President Donald Trump’s multiple indictments; the Biden Administration’s reaction to the downgrading of the US government’s credit rating; how the coup in Niger is affecting the country’s allies and neighbors; and Russia’s creation of a global food crisis with its continued attacks on Ukraine’s grain ports ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and Christian Science Monitor Washington Bureau Chief Linda Feldmann about continued protests over Israel’s parliament passing a law to restrict judicial power; the progress of Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia’s invasion; why Hunter Biden’s plea agreement was put on hold and questioned by the judge; House Republicans mull possible impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct; and more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Cindy Saine and VOA News Center Audio Programs Managing Editor, Steve Miller, about the ramifications of Russia exiting the Black Sea Grain Deal and damaging grain export infrastructure at two of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports; North Korea’s silence so far on its detention of a US Soldier who dashed across the Koreas’ heavily militarized border; mixed reaction from US Congress to Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Washington lawmakers; and more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell and orrespondent for Project 10 TV Australia Michael Williams about criticism and support of the Biden administration’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine; Washington and its NATO allies continued support for Ukraine, but stopping short of naming a date for the country’s membership in the alliance; the future of the Russia-Ukraine Grain deal which expires in days, and more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA senior diplomatic correspondent Cindy Saine and Moment Magazine contributor Dan Raviv about Ukraine’s continued counter-offensive against Russia, as both countries accuse each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; Sweden’s push to join NATO ahead of the alliance’s summit; Israel’s most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades; and so much more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell and VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson about the United States and NATO reaction to the power struggle in Russia between President Vladimir Putin and the mercenary Wagner Group; the launch of President Joe Biden’s huge economic campaign termed Bidenomics as the 2024 election cycle heats up; and lots more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA State Department Bureau Chief, Nike Ching and VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman, about reaction to President Joe Biden providing a state visit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the most elevated form of American diplomacy; US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s historic visit to China; highlights from the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London; and lots more ..read more

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell and Marketplace correspondent Nancy Marshall-Genzer about Ukraine and the related challenges facing NATO allies; the impact of the indictment of former President Donald Trump on the GOP and the 2024 presidential campaign; the ongoing tension between moderate and conservative House Republicans; and more ..read more