Angelina Jolie shines spotlight on Afghan women on anniversary of US withdrawal
Angelina Jolie is urging the world not to “back away from Afghanistan,” saying everyone should be “outraged” by the mistreatment of women there by the Taliban. In a Monday essay in Time, the “Maleficent” actor said a sense of progress “has been overturned with unimaginable speed” since the United States’s military withdrawal a year ago from the country. Monday marked a year since the
Read MoreDeSantis edges out Trump among Florida voters in head-to-head matchup: survey
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) led former President Trump by a slight margin in a hypothetical 2024 primary contest in Florida, according to a new poll. The University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab found that DeSantis received the support of 47 percent of respondents who were registered Republicans, compared to 45 percent support for Trump and 7 percent who said they would vote for someone else. But as speculation swirls over whether the two GOP figures will mount White House bids, fewer than one in ten respondents — 8 percent — said they think DeSantis a
Read MoreThe Republican tax attack betrays fiscal responsibility
Although the Republican Party has historically deplored taxes, its most recent attacks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — which increases IRS funding by nearly $80 billion over a 10-year period — reach new depths of falsity, hypocrisy and potential danger to the nation’s financial stability. Republicans allege that the IRS will deploy the additional funding to audit a larger proportion of lower- and middle-income taxpaye
Read MoreDemocrats, Republicans equally angry ahead of midterms: poll
Close to equal proportions of Democrats and Republicans say the word “angry” describes their feelings about the November midterms for Congress “somewhat” or “very” well, according to a new poll. A Morning Consult State of the Parties survey found that 42 percent of Democrats and 41 percent of Republicans surveyed said the word “angry” described their feelings about the midterms “somewhat” or “very well.” In comparison, when respondents from both parties were polled on t
Read MoreVindman on the ground in Ukraine: 'I think that I can help'
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said on Twitter Tuesday that he had traveled to Ukraine to help the country in its war with Russia. “I’m in Ukraine in a war zone because I think I can help,” wrote Vindman, who fled Soviet-era Ukraine when he was three years old with his family. He said he is spending his time “meeting with senior military and political leadership” so he can learn more about the war and inform the public and other leaders of how it might end. “This war is the most importa
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