Politics

On Wednesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul said he believes there are more American citizens in Afghanistan than the figures put out by the State Department. Yesterday, Secretary of State Blinken claimed that there were just 1,500 Americans left in Afghanistan. The high-ranking Republican also believes it …

Rachel Maddow said that Trump and the Republicans are justifiably anxious about the 1/6 Committee investigation. Rachel Maddow: Republicans Have Justifiable Anxiety About The 1/6 Investigation Video: Rachel Maddow says Republican and Trump anxiety about a real 1/6 investigation is justified. https://t.co/GViD58WRS2 Maddow said: Finally, somebody is trying to get …

WASHINGTON — At least 1,500 American citizens remain in Afghanistan with just days left before the scheduled U.S. withdrawal from the country, but officials on Wednesday acknowledged the reality that tens of thousands of Afghan allies and others at high risk of Taliban reprisals would be left behind. The sound …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott escalated his campaign to turn the state’s schools into COVID super spreaders with an executive order banning COVID vaccination mandates. Abbott’s executive order states in part: 1.    No governmental entity can compel any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  I hereby suspend Section 81.082(f)(1) of the …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden must resettle at least 200,000 Afghan refugees throughout America.  Should the Biden administration agree to such a plan, the resettlement of 200,000 would equal 4.5% of the total population of Kabul. As American troops rush to get American citizens, …

A third shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine sharply increases the levels of antibodies against the coronavirus, the companies reported on Wednesday. The companies were announcing the results of a study of 306 volunteers who received a booster shot about five to eight months after their second shot. Researchers found that …

WASHINGTON — With the Aug. 31 deadline for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan rapidly approaching, the Pentagon has sharply ramped up the speed of evacuations from the Kabul airport, flying out 21,600 people in 24 hours, Defense Department officials said Tuesday. But bottlenecks in the system, and President Biden’s insistence …

A large majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle wanted to military out of Afghanistan. A poll taken this Spring showed that nearly 70% of respondents supported an end to the war. So Joe Biden, for that reason and others, went ahead and did it. And the president …

A visibly ecstatic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio went on MSNBC on Tuesday morning to celebrate the “disgraced” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepping down the day before. De Blasio Celebrates “We’re turning a page now in New York, thank God,” De Blasio said while appearing on the …

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) spoke out on Monday to say that there will “absolutely” be a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees. Lightfoot Announces Vaccine Mandate “We absolutely have to have a vaccine mandate. It’s for the safety of all involved, particularly members of the public who are interacting …