The White House pushed back on a report released Sunday by Republican lawmakers criticizing President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, calling the report partisan and offering "little or nothing new." Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden's claims that his hands were tied to the agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal for the summer...

A woman has been killed near Moscow after the remnants of a downed Ukrainian drone hit the apartment block where she was living and started a fire, according to Russian officials. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defences shot down 144 Ukrainian drones overnight, with 20 alone over the Moscow region. Moscow regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov said debris from the drone damaged at least two high-rise apartment buildings in the Ramenskoye district in the early hours of Tuesday,...

A month before Nippon Steel discovered its $15 billion takeover of U.S. Steel was on the brink of being torpedoed by President Joe Biden, the Japanese company received a strong hint that things were taking a turn for the worse. On Aug. 1, officials from the powerful Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) told representatives of Japan's biggest steelmaker and its U.S. target that the committee had identified a potential national security risk, two sources familiar with...

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein could serve as a spoiler candidate again in critical swing states this November, due to a surge of support from Muslim voters who are disgruntled with both mainstream political parties. A poll from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) revealed on Monday that Stein was the most popular candidate among Muslim voters in Arizona (with 35%), Michigan (40%), and Wisconsin (44%). Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was...

Abortion rights ballot measures in Nebraska and Missouri are facing legal challenges ahead of looming certification deadlines.  Missouri Judge Christopher Limbaugh on Friday ruled against an abortion rights ballot measure in the state, agreeing with a lawsuit that alleged the "petition violated state law by failing to provide voters with a list of Missouri laws that would be repealed, directly or by implication," should it pass. The proposed measure aimed to enshrine...

When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris step into the ring this evening, America will be treated to an illusion. For the past month, we’ve been told that tonight’s showdown in Pennsylvania will be pivotal — that, finally, the nation will witness the chosen tribunes of its two parties slugging it out for the presidency. But appearances can be misleading. Yes, there is something called the Democratic Party and something called the Republican Party. But these entities bear little resemblance to the...

President Biden would veto a House Republican bill pairing a six-month government funding extension with a measure requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, the White House announced Monday. In a statement of administration policy, the White House said the GOP proposal would needlessly set government spending “at insufficiently low levels” for six months, rather than providing a short-term stopgap to give Congress more time to pass new spending bills....

Tens of thousands of Haitian nationals have taken over a small city in southwestern Ohio, and now they comprise about a third of the town's population. Matt touched on some of the insane stories out of Ohio of Haitians allegedly consuming cats and decapitating ducks, though local law enforcement has denied receiving reports related to such cat-eating claims, saying it's "not something that's on our radar right now." Nevertheless, the arrival of 15,000 to 20,000...

President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 calls for collecting taxes on unrealized capital gains for those who have a net worth of more than $100 million. Unrealized capital gains are earnings on investments that haven’t been sold yet. The proposal would impose a minimum 25% income tax, including on unrealized capital gains, for people in that high-wealth group. “Billionaires make their money in ways that are often taxed at lower rates...

Former President Donald Trump is already underwater by double digits with female voters in the polls. Now Trump will stand on stage next to a woman he has publicly and privately derided in language widely viewed as sexist. His allies hope he doesn’t make things worse when he squares off against Vice President Kamala Harris at the debate. In past debates against Hillary Clinton, Trump tried to undermine, belittle or humiliate both her and female debate moderators. This time, his advisers...