A US Marine stands guard outside the US embassy December 21, 2001 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paula Bronstein | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The U.S. embassy in Kabul was locked down Thursday as Covid cases in Afghanistan rise and the country’s fragile health system reaches its limits. At the embassy, ​​114 employees tested positive for the…

Thus far, Joe Biden has received high marks from the press for his recent foreign trip. On Wednesday, though, he did get into a testy exchange with CNN’s Kaitlin Collins. And the right-wing media has seized on that moment to allude to the entire trip as a disaster. This was the take Meghan McCain took…

US National Security Advisor John Bolton meets with journalists during a visit to London, August 12, 2019. Peter Nicholls | Reuters The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday dropped a lawsuit seeking to confiscate profits from a bestselling book by John Bolton about his tenure as national security advisor to former President Donald Trump, a…

Joe Biden has spent the last week on the first major foreign visit of his presidency. The reviews, so far, have been very good. Boris Johnson called the new president a “breath of fresh air.” French president Emmanuel Macron said that the United States is “definitely back.” Still, Conservative media and Republican lawmakers would have…

President Joe Biden (L) and President Vladimir Putin. Getty Images When President Joe Biden meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday it will be one of the most closely watched pieces of geopolitical theater this year. Biden’s summit with Putin in Switzerland, chosen for its history of political neutrality, will not be the first…

Donald Trump is a much weaker figure than he was a year ago. He’s obviously no longer the president and doesn’t have the massive platform that comes along with the office. And he’s been banned from Twitter where millions of people listened to his rants. But to many, his message is still getting across. Polls…

US President Joe Biden walks with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, during the EU-US summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 15, 2021. Yves Herman | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States and Europe will announce a new joint technology and trade initiative on Tuesday, part of a far-reaching effort by President Joe Biden…

After the January 6 riot at the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi decided that stricter security measures needed to be taken inside the building. Metal detectors were installed and every rep had to pass before stepping on the floor. Unsurprisingly, a number of Republicans have gone mad over the move. And they got even more angry about…

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers a statement at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S. April 26, 2021. Mandel Ngan | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday called for President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice to weigh in on a pending case over affirmative action at Harvard University, signaling the court’s interest in a…

In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination for president and in 2020, Joe Biden had that honor. In each year, the runner up was the same person, Bernie Sanders. Sanders represents the progressive wing of the Democratic party and has millions of supporters. In 2020, he worked much harder on rallying those supporters. The…