As the Biden administration continues efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies out of Kabul, a secret trip made by two members of Congress has left the White House furious. The video above shows Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby reacting to the trip. Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) were on the ground…

One year from the day Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, the United States announced additional sanctions against Russia. Friday’s announcement came from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of State. OFAC sanctioned nine Russian individuals and two Russian entities involved in either Navalny’s…

The United States has a path to citizenship for Afghans who have been employed to help American troops or officials–the Special Immigrant Visa program. According to the Department of Defense, as many as 50,000 applicants are still in Afghanistan, and the U.S. has a total capacity of 22,000 applicants. So far, at least 2,000 have…

People with total and permanent disabilities are about to get a break when it comes to student loans. The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday more than 323,000 people who have what is known as a “total and permanent disability” will have their student loan debt wiped out. “Today’s action removes a major barrier that…

In an attempt to improve its image compared to the last time they were in charge of Afghanistan, the Taliban announced Tuesday it will respect women’s rights and forgive those who opposed them. In his first news conference Tuesday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said women’s rights would be honored within the norms of Islamic law.…

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is the latest federal agency to require employees be vaccinated. The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have vaccine mandates already in place. These recent moves have been a part of President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating all federal workers. HHS’ requirement…

According to the New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration is looking to give full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by Labor Day. Pfizer had filed for full approval back in May. Since then, pressure has built on the FDA to grant full approval, especially once the Delta variant started becoming the dominant…

President Joe Biden made two major announcements related to COVID-19 Thursday: He is allowing the eviction moratorium to end Saturday, and requiring federal workers to either prove they’ve been vaccinated or get tested weekly. The video above shows clips from President Biden’s speech announcing the federal worker requirements. They are aimed at boosting sluggish vaccination…

In its latest announcement surrounding cybersecurity, the Biden administration said Monday China was behind March’s Microsoft Exchange email server software hack. The hack compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world. The video above shows White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussing the international effort to call China out. The Microsoft Exchange hack was…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday passionately defended the military’s approach to addressing racism and extremism, pushing back against accusations by Republican lawmakers that the effort is creating division and hurting morale. The testy exchanges showed that the political dimension of a national debate over racism and extremism weighs on the military even…