August 31, 2021 Bipartisan group of 34 senators ask VA to help struggling veterans after botched Afghanistan withdrawal A bipartisan group of 34 senators sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough calling on the department to hasten connecting struggling Afghanistan veterans to mental health services in the aftermath of the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan and Kabul bombing, which killed 13 U.S. service members.
August 31, 2021 House Republicans call for Afghanistan accountability and demand Biden resign House Republicans pledged to hold the Biden administration accountable for the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal as the Freedom Caucus formally demands President Biden resign.
August 31, 2021 Midterms loom: Republicans squeeze Dems over botched Afghanistan withdrawal Republicans are not just hammering President Biden over the Afghanistan crisis, but congressional Democrats too.
August 31, 2021 Hannity calls on Biden to resign for abandoning US citizens in Afghanistan Fox News host Sean Hannity demanded President Biden resign Monday for “lying” to the American people about his pledge to stay in Afghanistan until every citizen is evacuated.
August 30, 2021 WaPo editorial: Democrats' 'just-fund-everything approach' could add trillions to national debt The Washington Post editorial board implored Congressional Democrats to take advantage of the opportunity to ambitiously push through a “historic reshaping of the federal government” while they hold power, but to pay for their reforms and not throw the federal budget "further out of whack."
August 30, 2021 Over 100 House Republicans sign letter promising not to vote to raise debt ceiling, as partisan battle looms The House Republicans letter saying they won't vote to raise the debt limit is almost identical to one Senate Republicans sent earlier this month.
August 29, 2021 Congress a mirror of American society: REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK The delta variant surges. Cases spike, even among vaccinated persons. People are getting sick.
August 28, 2021 Al Sharpton to Biden: Black community is being stabbed ‘in the back’ Rev. Al Sharpton hit the stage Saturday during a voting rights rally to tell President Biden that supporters of the filibuster are “stabbing” the Black community “in the back.”
August 28, 2021 State Department says 350 Americans still attempting to leave Afghanistan About 350 American citizens are still trying to leave Afghanistan in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal effort that's been marred by a deadly terrorist attack and a Taliban takeover.
August 28, 2021 Americans are 'disturbed' by Biden's 'incompetence' handling crises: Sen. Cassidy Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., provides an update on Hurricane Ida's expected impact on the Gulf Coast and criticizes Biden's handling of the Afghanistan crisis
