The lure of the open road has been transplanted from America’s heartland to some Europeans, including Frenchman Daniel Baud who fondly recalls riding his motorcycle along the Route 66 highway, which spans a large swath of the United States. Speaking to VOA in Paris, the aging biker wears a leather jacket speckled with American memorabilia as he recounts his childhood dream of owning a Harley-Davidson. Now, with a transatlantic trade dispute revving up, the iconic motorcylces are a symbol of both what divides and what unites Americans and Europeans.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On June 27, 1950, President Harry Truman orders US air and naval forces to South Korea, two days after communist North Korea invades democratic South Korea. Truman stops short of declaring war but says America is conducting the major military operation to prevent the communist conquest of an independent nation. (Photo: A somber-looking President Harry Truman, center, on the day the president announces he will send US troops to South Korea.)

GRAPHIC: The US Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the Trump administration’s travel restrictions on citizens of five Muslim-majority countries, handing the president a victory on one of his most controversial policies. Here’s who’s affected by the president’s Muslim ban.

President Trump wants the government to have new ways to review foreign technology investments in the United States to guard against national security threats. He says the new measures would help the government protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.

An American photographer knows firsthand what it’s like to live with an endangered tribe. For 44 days, Michael Benanav embedded himself with a family belonging to Van Gujjar tribe of Northern India. With the help of a translator, he set about learning all he could about their nomadic, forest-dwelling lifestyle.

China is placing its coast guard under military command. The move is viewed as a warning to foreign nations, including the United States, against interfering with Beijing’s control over the South China Sea. Since President Trump took office last year, US navy vessels have passed through the disputed sea seven times.