Still the right decision to leave Afghanistan — yet still no accountability
As the introspection and finger pointing on Afghanistan intensifies with the one-year anniversary of the Aug. 15 fall of Kabul, we must once again recognize that it was time for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan. As war rages in Ukraine, and the strait of Taiwan become ever more contentious, it should be possible to recognize that the United States could not continue wasting resources and risking American lives on a losing peripheral strategic interest that distr
Read MoreFox's Doocy: 'It would be great' if Trump called for end to threats against feds
Fox News host Steve Doocy implored former President Trump to publicly call on his supporters to "tamp down the rhetoric" against federal law enforcement amid a flurry of threats to agents and officers following the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago one week ago. "We just know there are a lot of very specific threats against very specific agents at the FBI and what not," Doocy said. "It would be great if everybody would tamp down the rhetoric against the FBI, because the FBI was simply doing what the DOJ asked them to do." Not long after Doocy's remarks, Trump put out a stateme
Read MoreTrump says 'temperature has to be brought down' after Mar-a-Lago search
Former President Trump said on Monday that his aides reached out to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to offer “whatever we can do to help,” saying the "temperature has to be brought down" after a spike in threats against law enforcement following the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. "People are so angry at what is taking place," Trump told Fox News. "Whatever we can do to help — because the temperature ha
Read MoreInflation Reduction Act: Deploy, deploy, deploy!
Now that Democrats in Congress have approved a sizable national investment to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, the ball has landed in civil society's court to ensure the billions of dollars in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are well and rapidly spent. President Biden's signature on the bill is the starting gun for Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's three-word strategy to combat global warming: Deploy, Deploy, Deploy. We have said
Read MoreVanessa Guillen family seeking $35M in damages from Army
The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who was found dead in 2020 at Fort Hood, Texas, is seeking $35 million in damages from the Army, according to a court filing. “Guillén suffered mental anguish, fear, emotional distress, physical injury, and death as a result of sexual harassment, rape, sodomy, and physical assault," the claim, made under the Federal Tort Claims Act and shared by the Texas Tribune, assert
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