COVID-19 optimism in US sinks as cases surge: poll
Pessimism surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is surging along with cases of the Delta variant in the US — with only 40 percent of Americans now saying the country is on the right track.
View ArticleRussia, US to work together on space station after 2024: Ifax
Russia and the United States will continue working together on the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024.
View ArticleUSA sprinter Fred Kerley rips ‘couch sitters’ after Olympic relay disaster
Fred Kerley took a lot of heat for his performance on the American 4×100-meter relay team that finished sixth in Thursday’s qualifying round, missing the final in dramatic fashion. His failed handoff...
View ArticleAfghans in Taliban crosshairs want US to stay and protect them
Taliban insurgents are battling local and government forces near Mazar-i-Sharif, and as of Friday, the Afghan government only controlled two other major cities — Kabul and Jalalabad.
View ArticleOur polarized country needs to rebuild the unity we felt on Sept. 12, 2001
America has fought tyranny, slavery, genocidal dictators, socialism, racism, communism, terrorism, radical Islam, and we can combat our internal divisions as well, author Graham Allen argues.
View ArticleAfghanistan’s big lesson: No more nation-building ever again
It's worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons from Afghanistan: America must put aside the project of nation-building once and for all.
View ArticleThe American educational demise fails our kids and cedes power to China
Although the US is home to some of the best universities in the world, it’s no good having exceptional establishments if they’re not being used to breed exceptional minds.
View ArticleUS plans to evacuate all diplomatic staff from Afghanistan: report
The United States will evacuate all diplomatic staff, including the ambassador, from Afghanistan by Tuesday.
View ArticleWith US gone, what’s next for Afghanistan, Americans trapped there and the...
What's next in Afghanistan for stranded Americans and allies as the US military finished withdrawing from the embattled nation? Many questions arise with the Taliban's comeback and ISIS-K emerging as a...
View ArticleBiden left hundreds of US-funded journalists behind in Afghanistan
Despite President Biden promising to get every journalist out, the reporters employed by the US Agency for Global Media were left stranded.
View ArticleRepublicans press Biden for info on Americans, allies stranded in Afghanistan
Led by Sen. Tom Cotton, the senators have asked for the precise number of Americans, green-card holders and special immigrant visa applicants in Afghanistan
View ArticleThe Afghan exit was awful, but America’s still the world’s top dog
No one in the world has the formidable advantages of the United States, which still outstrips everyone else, including China.
View ArticleDenmark, Netherlands ban unvaccinated US travelers
The countries announced the new vaccination requirements days after the European Union took the country off its safe travel list earlier in the week over the surge in COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleUS will ‘have to’ reinvade Afghanistan, Lindsey Graham says
Less than one week after the United States completed its full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Sen. Lindsey Graham said the US will “have to” re-enter the war-torn country.
View Article‘That’s a lie’: Oklahoma rep. slams State Dept. claim it ‘facilitated’...
Rep. Markwayne Mullin who organized a private mission to rescue a Texas mom and her kids from Afghanistan blasted the State Department for taking credit for the effort.
View ArticleTaliban replaces murals in Kabul, including one honoring US-Taliban peace...
Brightly colored murals honoring the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran, the peace agreement and others replaced by paintings of Islamic slogans and flags
View ArticleLong Island family reunited after ‘harrowing’ evacuation from Afghanistan
After a “harrowing” two-week evacuation from Afghanistan pressed by their local congressman, a New York family has finally reunited. When the Taliban took over Kabul last month amid the Biden...
View ArticleMicrosoft calls off US return to office, won’t set new date due to COVID...
The company announced in August that it was pushing back its September reopening to at least Oct. 4. The company said it would require proof of vaccination.
View ArticlePentagon says there’s ‘no evidence’ of reforms in Taliban government
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the US has yet to see evidence of reforms in the Taliban’s transitional government over Afghanistan.
View ArticleRNC plans to sue federal government over vaccine mandates
The Republican National Committee is planning to sue the Biden administration over President Biden's new vaccine mandates for millions of workers.
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