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Voice of America’s Persian service blacks out Iran’s exiled crown prince

The Persian service for President Trump’s overhauled Voice of America (VOA) is censoring coverage of Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who played a central role in stirring up antigovernment protests that rocked the country earlier this month.  Three staff members at VOA told The Hill that the adviser overseeing VOA’s Persian-language service, Ali Javanmardi

US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday. But it's hardly a clean break. The U.S. owes about $280 million to the global health agency, according to WHO. And Trump administration