The President described the evacuation of more than 120,000 people an “extraordinary success” and despite the danger “the women and men of the United States military, our diplomatic corps and intelligence professionals did their job and did it well.”   Biden …

Phantom Withdrawal: The US military completed its withdrawal from the Kabul airport yesterday, finishing their exit a day early and leaving Afghanistan to control by the Taliban after 20 years of war.  The last C-17 cargo plane, with the call sign MOOSE …

Category 4: Hurricane Ida slammed into the toe of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm yesterday with winds up to 150 miles per hour. The wind hit 70 in the streets of New Orleans and the entire city was without power. …

  “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan,” Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman Central Command said in a statement. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.”   The Muslim extremist Taliban, who now …

The Fatal Shore: The US is reeling after 13 service members died yesterday in an explosion at the Kabul airport. The dead are 12 Marines and a Navy Corpsman. Fifteen Americans were reported wounded.    A double bombing at the airport and …

Leaving Kabul: The US is warning Americans  to stay away from the Kabul airport, telling anyone outside the perimeter to “leave immediately.”   The Biden administration is warning that a terrorist group that’s an enemy of both the Taliban and the US poses a threat in the …

The Big Bugout: President Biden said yesterday that the US is on track to complete its evacuation of Afghan refugees and pull all troops out of the country by August 31st.   “It is a tenuous situation,” he said, but that more …

Covid Nation: The Food and Drug Administration granted full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, giving health authorities hope that vaccine-hesitant people will take the shots and give businesses, schools, and the states the backing to enforce vaccine mandates.   Within hours of the announcement the Pentagon, CVS, the State …

The Desperate Hours: A member of the Afghan security forces died today in a firefight that broke out at the airport in Kabul. American forces also were involved.   Hours earlier President Joe Biden said in a press briefing that he was …

The Afghanistan Mess: With Chaos and desperation growing outside the airport in Kabul, President Biden said yesterday that the US will airlift all Americans and Afghans who helped the US in the past 20 years. He said that includes women who …