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State Department: Taliban ‘appears’ to let Americans reach Kabul airport

A State Department official on Wednesday said Americans in Kabul appear to have no problem reaching Hamid Karzai International Airport for evacuation, despite the Pentagon announcing that the military will not rescue those who don't make it past the Taliban.

August 18, 2021

Taliban’s quest for Islamist purity brought torture, beheadings, oppression

Ruthless enforcement of fundamentalist Islamic law was the hallmark of the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s, denying women basic rights, putting LGBTQ people to death and crushing any murmur of dissent.

August 17, 2021

Pelosi moves to pacify moderate Democrats’ rebellion against spending bills

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, responding to mounting pressure from moderate Democrats, proposed conducting simultaneous votes to advance both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the more ambitious $3.5 trillion Democrat wishlist spending measure.

August 15, 2021

‘Start mandating’: Officials eye options to combat sputtering rollout, vaccine hesitancy

The risk of side effects and the "newness" of the vaccine are the top reasons people provide, at 53% each, for not getting COVID-19 vaccines that are free and plentiful in the U.S., according to a recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonprofit health-policy group that tracks the issue.

July 11, 2021

Trump chides New York prosecutors for trying to ‘take him out’ with tax fraud case

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said the tax fraud charges against his company were just his political enemies' latest attempt to "take him out."

July 3, 2021

Putin cites Capitol rioters, BLM unrest in defending his record in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called out the U.S. for the prosecution of Capitol rioters, the killing of protester Ashli Babbitt and unchecked violence on America's streets -- saying he doesn't want those problems in his country.

June 16, 2021

Kristi Noem blasts ‘political’ ruling that nixed Mount Rushmore fireworks for July 4

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday called it "political and punitive" that a federal judge upheld the Biden administration's ban on a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day.

June 3, 2021

Biden team wields tariffs in international fight over taxing Big Tech

The Biden administration on Wednesday threatened tariffs on goods from six countries that have imposed digital services taxes on tech companies such as Google and Facebook.

June 2, 2021

Trump cheers New Hampshire election audit: ‘Voting machines appear to count NON-EXISTING VOTES’

President Trump is hailing the audit of a New Hampshire state legislative election, in which an earlier recount found a massive counting error, as vindication of his claims that the 2020 vote could have been rigged.

May 25, 2021

Democrats brace for defeat of Jan. 6 commission, eye option of go-it-alone probe

The White House and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill fumed Thursday about Senate Republicans yanking their support from a proposed congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, as reality set in that the plan faced all but certain defeat.

May 20, 2021

Jim Jordan blasts Jan. 6 commission as a get-Trump panel: ‘Impeachment 3.0’

Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday said Democrats' push for a congressional commission on Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a partisan scheme to hammer former President Trump and blunt his expected 2024 run for the White House.

May 20, 2021

Biden rides fuel-guzzling limo while trumpeting electric cars, climate change agenda

President Biden, riding in a fossil fuel-guzzling armored limousine known as the Beast, arrived Tuesday at a Ford Motor Co. electric vehicle plant to showcase his zero-emissions agenda. The 20,000-pound Beast, a bulked-up Cadillac, is powered by a diesel engine that is estimated to get less than 10 miles per gallon.

May 18, 2021

Ayanna Pressley pushes child tax credit for single parents with $150,000 incomes

Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Friday objected to single parents having to pay 100% of their childcare expenses.

May 14, 2021

Joe Biden executive order aims to improve cybersecurity

President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to improve the nation's cybersecurity in the wake of a devastating attack on a major oil pipeline.

May 12, 2021

Liz Cheney lashes out at Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Trump in House floor speech

A combative Rep. Liz Cheney lashed out at leaders of her own Republican Party late Tuesday, accusing former President Donald Trump and his GOP supporters of following a path that would "undermine our democracy."

May 11, 2021

Mitt Romney’s backing of Liz Cheney is kiss of death in Wyoming: GOP official

Sen. Mitt Romney's pledge of support for embattled Rep. Liz Cheney on Tuesday hurt more than helped her back home in Wyoming, where she's facing a pro-Trump primary challenge in 2022, said a Republican Party official in the state.

May 4, 2021

Trump relishes GOP fury at Romney, Cheney

Former President Trump on Monday taunted two of his top foes in the Republican Party -- Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Liz Cheney -- who ran into strong headwinds in the GOP.

May 3, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene prods Congress to expel Maxine Waters over ‘incitement of violence’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is attempting to oust Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters from Congress for "continual incitement of violence on innocent American people."

April 19, 2021

Biden eyes executive action to impose new gun control measures

President Biden is considering executive action to force new gun control measures and avoid a gun-debate logjam in Congress, the White House said Tuesday.

March 23, 2021

Dianne Feinstein joins push to change filibuster rules

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday said she was open to changing the Senate's filibuster rules, joining President Biden and a growing chorus of Democrats in favor of rewriting the rules to ram through their agenda over Republican objections.

March 19, 2021