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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, display the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act after the signing during a bill enrollment ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Democrats

A still image taken from video shows crowds of people near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 23, 2021. Asvaka News | via Reuters LONDON — The World Bank has become the latest international organization to pause aid disbursements to Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover. The Islamic militant group has controlled the Afghan capital of

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told G-7 leaders during an emergency meeting on Tuesday that he will keep the timeline previously set for the full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, though the U.S. is also making contingency plans should an extension proves necessary. “We are currently on pace to finish by August the 31st,” Biden said

Members of the UK Armed Forces continue to take part in the evacuation of entitled personnel from Kabul airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 19-22, 2021, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on August 23, 2021. U.K. M.O.D. | via Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host an emergency meeting of G-7 leaders Tuesday

A member of Taliban forces keeps watch at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. Stringer | Reuters WASHINGTON — The United States is in close coordination with the Taliban as it works to evacuate tens of thousands of people out of the Kabul airport before President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw

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

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