Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA senior national correspondent Steve Herman and Moment Magazine contributor Dan Raviv about the unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump who pled not guilty to 34 felony charges stemming from hush money payments; China’s reaction to the US’ recent show of support for Taiwan after President Tsai Ing-wen met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on US soil; Finland’s historic move from neutrality to joining NATO, a major rebuke to Moscow; Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s public visit to Poland; and much more.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine and Washington Correspondent for Project 10 TV Australia, Michael Williams about U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris’ historic and symbolic visits to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to overhaul Israel’s judiciary system which prompted outrage and protests including public criticism from the US; mixed reaction from the second Summit for Democracy hosted by the US; and more.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Executive Producer Steve Redisch and Midwest Correspondent Kane Farabaugh about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia, the significance of the International Criminal Court accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes, North Korea’s latest missile launches; the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase to fight persistent inflation; and political implications of former President Donald Trump’s legal investigations.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine and VOA Executive Producer Steve Redisch about U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visits to Ethiopia and Niger with aims to strengthen security ties, concerns over a Russian military intercept that resulted in the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone into the Black Sea, the launch of a federal investigation into the largest collapse of a major U.S. bank since the Great Recession in 2008.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell and Moment Magazine contributor Dan Raviv about the significance of International Women’s Day, bipartisan legislation that would expand President Joe Biden’s legal authority to ban Chinese- owned social media giant TikTok in the US, White House reaction to Israeli troops storming a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank killing six Palestinian militants, Russia’s war efforts to capture all of the surrounding Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, and more.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara and VOA Executive Producer Steve Redisch about reaction to China urging peace in Russia’s war on Ukraine, Iran’s growing alliance with Russia, President Biden’s push to wipe out $400 billion in student loan debt, First Lady Jill Biden’s legacy for Africa, and lots more.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb and VOA US Politics and Policy Reporter Vero Balderas about President Joe Biden’s dramatic visit to Ukraine, the strength of the NATO alliance, Biden’s pledge to defend the Bucharest Nine, the importance of the US sending new aid to Ukraine which includes artillery, ammunition and anti-tank weapons, and First Lady Jill Biden’s visit to Namibia and Kenya.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA White House Correspondent Anita Powell, VOA Executive Producer Steve Redisch about the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon which flew across the US continent and the three high-altitude objects from unknown origin that were also shot down, Russia’s latest war efforts against Ukraine after western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to Ukrainian armed forces, and other stories topping the week.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson and Washington Correspondent for Project 10 TV Australia, Michael Williams about rescue operations in Turkey and Syria where two major earthquakes struck killing over 17,000 people, highlights and reaction to President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address, and US lawmaker’s reaction to China’s use of a spy balloon over the continental US.

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with Marketplace Correspondent Nancy Marshall-Genzer and VOA Executive Producer Steve Redisch about the outcome of the first meeting between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the need to raise the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, another interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve and what it signals for Americans, the various investigations led by state and federal prosecutors regarding Rep. George Santos (R-NY), and calls for passing of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act after another Black man lost his life to police brutality.