A baby girl born on a US military evacuation flight en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Saturday has been named Reach after the call sign of the aircraft, according to the top US general in Europe.
Blinken says approximately 1,500 people who may be Americans are left in Afghanistan
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that there are approximately 1,500 people who may be Americans left in Afghanistan, adding that when evacuation operations began, there was a population of as many as 6,000 American citizens in the count…
Fact checking Jake Sullivan’s claim Trump admin didn’t process Afghan visas for a year
During a press briefing Monday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan suggested a slowdown in approvals for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program during the Trump administration contributed to the current delays in evacuating Af…
NY Gov. Hochul expected to name state Sen. Brian Benjamin for lieutenant governor
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to appoint state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her lieutenant governor, according to a source familiar with the decision.
Biden looks for air-clearing in first meeting with Israel’s new leader
When Israel’s prime minister visits the White House on Thursday, for the first time in 12 years, it will be someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu.
Pennsylvania election review moves forward amid GOP infighting
An election review in Pennsylvania is moving ahead — albeit on a murky path — amid infighting among state Republicans.
New York state adjusts Covid death toll, adding nearly 12,000
New York’s new governor said Wednesday that the state’s Covid-19 death toll now aligns with the count from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the state added nearly 12,000 deaths that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration didn…
Inside the round-the clock volunteer effort to save Afghans
The woman and her two children had tried nearly a dozen times without success to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport for an evacuation flight out of Kabul to join her husband in the United States.
Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News.
Pentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately
The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately, after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine this week.