In March of 2018, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on aluminum and steel, with the goal of boosting U.S. production and related employment. While there has been a modest benefit to the domestic steel industry, some say the increased costs are negatively impacting smaller manufacturing companies.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On April 30, 1927, the first federal prison for women opens in Alderson, West Virginia. The Federal Industrial Institution for Women was initially for women serving federal sentences of a year or more and was designed to focus on reform, not punishment. Some said it resembled a boarding school. Prisoners farmed, did office work, cooked and even learned to sing. Today, there are nearly 1,000 inmates, most of whom are convicted of non-violent or white-collar crimes. Some notable inmates include singer Billie Holiday and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart.

Venezuela’s socialist government said Tuesday that an “attempted coup” was underway in Caracas as Juan Guaido, the country’s opposition leader and self-declared interim president, took to the streets with military troops he said had joined his effort to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.

Rachel Van quit her job as a salesperson in the bicycle industry last year, to become a certified cycling instructor. She founded Pedal Power Kids to teach bicycle education.

Libya is now divided in half, with two separate governments leading armies that are coalitions of armed forces that not too long ago fought among themselves. VOA visited Tripoli to report on what life is like there.

The saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” means you shouldn’t prejudge the value of something by its outward appearance. And that was one of the messages at a college near Washington, D.C., where some people became “human books,” as they talked about how appearances can be deceiving and lead to preconceived biases.