Afghan evacuees queue before boarding Italy’s military aircraft C130J during evacuation at Kabul’s?airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Italian Ministry of Defence | via Reuters A firefight broke out in the chaos at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport early Monday morning as foreign forces continued to assist with evacuations and thousands of Afghans attempted to escape
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Nicholas Burns Scott Mlyn | CNBC WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday his intent to nominate career diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns as his ambassador to China. The president also announced that former two-term mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel will be nominated as his ambassador to Japan. Both announcements were
U.S. President Barack Obama waves after he spoke during the SelectUSA Investment Summit March 23, 2015 in National Harbor, Maryland. Alex Wong | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday shot down an advocacy group’s push to temporarily halt construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in a Chicago park. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, an
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on March 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The House of Representatives will return to Washington next week, setting up the latest test for President Joe Biden‘s sprawling economic agenda. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards A man, identified by police as Floyd Ray Roseberry, who claims to be sitting in his truck with explosives, speaks during a Facebook livestream in a still image from video taken in Washington, August 19, 2021. Social Media via Reuters The North Carolina man whose claim of having a bomb
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said flights out of Afghanistan have resumed Friday afternoon after an hours-long pause, and he pledged to get all Americans out of the country who wanted to leave. Nearly as important as getting Americans out is evacuating the U.S. military translators and others who helped American troops, the president said
A North Carolina man surrendered Thursday afternoon to police, hours after telling them he had a bomb in his truck parked outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill. That threat by the suspect, Floyd Ray Roseberry, led to the evacuation of the library, the Supreme Court, the Cannon House Office Building and the offices
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. U.S. Air Force | Flickr CC WASHINGTON – The U.S. has airlifted about 7,000 people out of Kabul, Afghanistan, by cargo aircraft in the past five days, the Pentagon said Thursday, as U.S. forces race to evacuate as many people as possible with less than two weeks before
The Taliban is reportedly blocking Afghans from reaching Kabul’s international airport to flee the country, breaking their commitments to the U.S., a Biden administration official said Wednesday. That acknowledgement at a press briefing came shortly after the U.S. Embassy in Kabul alerted people there that it “cannot ensure safe passage” to the airport for the
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Washington. Alex Brandon | AP WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged that it does not currently have the capability to safely escort Americans in Kabul to the airport for evacuation as the Taliban consolidate control in
US National Security advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily press briefing on the situation in Afghanistan at the White House in Washington, DC on August 17, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Newly empowered Taliban militants have informed the U.S. that they are prepared to provide safe passage for civilians attempting to
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with mothers helped by Child Tax Credit payments at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 20, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters House Democrats will move next week toward passing sprawling economic plans they hope will boost households and help to keep them in
French and Afghan nationals line up to board a French military transport plane at the Kabul airport on August 17, 2021, for evacuation from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s stunning military takeover of the country. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) STR | AFP | Getty Images Flights resumed from Kabul’s
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda and administration efforts to “lower prescription drug prices,” in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 12, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | REUTERS WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is slated to address the nation from the White House on Monday afternoon after
Arnold Gate of the Anacostia-Bolling joint military base in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Alex Brandon | AP A lockdown at a U.S. military base in Washington, D.C., was lifted Friday after authorities detained a possibly armed individual who had entered the campus. The all-clear announcement came at 2:50 p.m., more than two hours after
Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Zabi Karimi | AP WASHINGTON — The Taliban seized the presidential palace in the war-weary Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, a dramatic development that marks the apparent end to a 20-year
Thousands of Afghans have amassed on the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport in the hours after the Taliban captured the capital. The chaotic scenes Monday at Hamid Karzai International Airport captured by news crews and cellphones convey a terror and desperate rush to escape the country, which is now overrun by Taliban militants in the
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo listens during his announcement at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., May 11, 2021 Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The New York state Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo after his resignation takes effect Aug. 25, Speaker Carl Heastie