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…

A new poll shows voters support Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal with a majority of 51% to 37%, even after Republican attacks and negative media coverage. A new poll by Data for Progress found: “Voters still support President Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, even after learning that Taliban fighters have captured these cities. Voters supported…

Turkish restaurateur Nusret Gokce aka Salt Bae arrives for the screening of the film “The Traitor (Il Traditore)” at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2019. Loic Venance | AFP | Getty Images Christy Reuter, a lawyer for Gokce, had no immediate comment but said she…

Texas is the county’s largest red state. Because of this, many of its residents have refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Governor Greg Abbott certainly didn’t help. Like Ron DeSantis, his Florida counterpart, Abbott is more focused on making the virus a culture war issue than actually doing anything about it. And the falls are…

French and Afghan nationals face off on the 17th (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR / AFP via Getty Images) STR | AFP | Getty Images Flights from Kabul International Airport resumed Tuesday after a hectic and panicked Monday with thousands of Afghans swarming the tarmac to leave Afghanistan. Pictures from Hamid Karzai…

Donald Trump always had a major problem with the use of masks to combat COVID-19. He thought is was a major insult to say that Joe Biden was wearing the “biggest mask I’ve ever seen.” And during his return to the White House from the hospital after suffering from COVID, he made a point of…

Thousands of Afghans gathered on the tarmac at Kabul International Airport in the hours after the Taliban captured the capital. The chaotic scenes on Monday at Hamid Karzai International Airport, recorded by news crews and cell phones, convey a terror and desperate escape from the country now overrun by Taliban fighters in the run-up to…

At this moment, the delta variant of COVID-19 is devastating areas in the South East portion of the United States. Not surprisingly, many of these states are led by Republicans. But while those Republican voters want Donald Trump to get credit for the vaccine, they aren’t interested in taking it. Steve Scalise, the number 2…

New York City housing advocates and tenants march to demand Gov. Andrew Cuomo cancel rent amid the pandemic on Oct. 10, 2020. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images A federal judge rejected on Friday a request by landlord groups to block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new eviction moratorium. The decision…

A teenage girl who chaired her university’s College Republicans was arrested for helping a Republican strategist in sex trafficking in young girls. The Daily Beast reported: Florida law enforcement officers arrested Gisela Castro Medina, a 19-year-old who is accused of helping a wealthy, young Republican strategist in Minnesota capture girls and recruit them for paid…