The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China, initially sparked by U.S. tariffs on imported aluminum and steel, is now impacting most farms across the country. As U.S. farmers head to the fields to plant this spring, they are facing a potential sixth consecutive year of declining farm income.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY   On May 15, 1800, President John Adams officially calls for the nation’s capital to be moved to Washington, DC, from Philadelphia. He called for the government to be up and running by June 15, 1800. Philadelphia stopped being the capital on June 11, 1800. Moving the government was not as big a task as one would imagine, as the entire federal workforce was made up of just 125 people. Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the White House in November.

If you’re fuzzy on next-generation 5G wireless connectivity, you aren’t alone. Powerful U.S. lawmakers who help shape the legal framework for America’s technological advances on Tuesday admitted ignorance and confusion about the highly-anticipated broadband system already being deployed in parts of the world.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said nearly two hours of meetings Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about “nearly every issue facing our two countries” were productive, though there appeared to be no major breakthroughs.

VIDEO: A U.S. carrier strike group deployed to the Middle East may be on a collision course with Tehran, following U.S. intelligence reports that Iran is planning attacks against American targets. Iran rejects the claims as “fake intelligence.” VOA contrubutor Greta Van Susteren speaks to experts about what all this means for a region that controls nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.

VIDEO: Researchers with the British Antarctic Survey say the second largest Antarctic breeding site for the Emperor Penguin is now simply empty. What happened to all those penguins?