Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of US troops there this week that would represent “a moral stain” on the US.
US and other countries say they will hold Taliban to promises to let people leave Afghanistan after August 31
The US, along with about 100 other countries, said they will hold the Taliban to their promises that they will allow people to leave the country after August 31, according to a joint statement released Sunday.
Fauci: School Covid-19 vaccine mandates are a ‘good idea’
Mandating Covid-19 vaccines for children to attend school in person is a “good idea” due to a strong benefit-risk ratio, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.
Analysis: Why the California recall is within the margin of error and what that means for Gavin Newsom
The idea that California voters might recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom seems like a Republican fantasy and nothing more at first glance. After all, Newsom won by 24 points in 2018 and President Joe Biden, a Democrat, took the state by 29 points last…
Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board insisting they can require that students wear masks in their Covid-ravaged community and the GOP governor claiming the board is …
Pandemic jobless benefits expire soon. Don’t expect employment to suddenly soar
Pandemic unemployment benefits are ending nationwide the first weekend in September, but don’t expect to see millions of available jobs to be filled quickly.
US Marine officer relieved of command after criticizing military leaders about Afghanistan withdrawal
US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been relieved of command after he posted a video online questioning military leaders’ handling of the situation in Afghanistan, a Marine Corps spokesperson said Friday.
Liberals used the courts to block Trump’s agenda. Republicans are using the same playbook against Biden.
For four years, President Donald Trump saw his policies hindered by progressive lawsuits. Now conservative lawyers and judges get to have their revenge on the Biden administration.
Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
The ISIS-K planner targeted by a US drone strike in Afghanistan was believed to be “associated with potential future attacks at the airport,” a US defense official told CNN Saturday.
‘A direct punch in the gut’: Inside Biden’s biggest crisis as he races to withdraw from Afghanistan
When Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley informed President Joe Biden just past 9:15 a.m. on Thursday that terrorists had detonated a suicide bomb at the Kabul Airport gates, the President was angry and dismayed — but not surprised.