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August 31, 2021

McCarthy warns companies not to turn over private data of Jan. 6 rioters: GOP majority 'won't forget'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy issued a statement Tuesday warning American telecommunication companies not to turn over records related to an investigation by House Democrats into the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.

August 30, 2021

GOP lawmakers demand House consider Afghanistan bill requiring evacuation plan, updates on Americans

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., called Monday for the chamber to return from its recess to consider legislation that would mandate reports on Americans left behind in Afghanistan following President Biden’s decision to stick to an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.

August 29, 2021

McCarthy slams Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal as ‘partisan, political decision designed for a photo-op’

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday slammed President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as a “partisan, political decision designed for a photo-op” ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

August 27, 2021

McCarthy leaves door open to Biden impeachment for Afghanistan bombing: 'There will be a day of reckoning'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left open the possibility that Republicans would seek to impeach President Biden over his handling of the troop withdrawal in Afghanistan that cost at least 13 American service members their lives. 

August 27, 2021

Reporter's Notebook: US Capitol flag at half-staff speaks volumes about Afghanistan horror

The American flag fluttered high atop its staff at the base of the Dome on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when I arrived there Thursday morning. When I departed Thursday evening, the flag hung limp, lowered to half-staff.

August 26, 2021

Pelosi and House ditch town as Biden deals with Afghanistan evacuation, Americans dead in Kabul explosions

The House addressed some of Democrats' expensive domestic agenda items this week, but not the crisis in Afghanistan.

August 25, 2021

Bipartisan group of lawmakers planned Afghanistan trip in defiance of Pelosi, McCarthy requests not to do so

Some House members from both sides of the aisle were planning to head to Afghanistan despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging their members not to travel to the region, Fox News has learned.

August 25, 2021

CNN analyst seethes over congressmen taking 'Instagram trip' to Kabul, wants them removed from committees

CNN analyst Philip Mudd lost it Wednesday while discussing Rep. Peter Meijer's, R-Mich., and Rep. Seth Moulton's, D-Mass., unannounced trip to Afghanistan this week amid the ongoing efforts to evacuate Americans and others from Afghanistan.

August 25, 2021

McCarthy says Biden is leaving US hostages for the Taliban: 'He turned his back on our own citizens'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted President Biden for sticking to an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan and said "thousands of Americans" could be left stranded in the Taliban-controlled country as a result.

August 25, 2021

White House in chaos struggles to keep Biden on time

President Biden is struggling to provide a message of strength and confidence amid international scorn and uncertainty over his handling of the U.S. military drawdown in Afghanistan – showing up late to speeches, refusing to answer reporters’ questions, and largely avoiding the White House press corps ever since Taliban insurgents took over the country in a matter of days.