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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized President Biden for giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a signal when the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. McConnell appeared on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday following the Senate's approval of aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia after a long delay. He argued that one of Biden’s…

Former President Trump called retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a “loser” on Wednesday after a hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. “Mark Milley is a loser who disgraced us in Afghanistan and elsewhere!” Trump stated in a Truth Social post. This is not the first time…

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) apologized for hurling an expletive at a GOP colleague after growing frustrated during a House committee hearing Tuesday. McCaul told Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to “go f—” himself after the California Republican continued to speak after McCaul gaveled him down during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday. McCaul, the chair…

Two of America’s highest-ranking retired generals testified on Tuesday that a series of errors during 20 years of war led to the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, but they also admitted that the Biden administration made multiple mistakes.   Gen. Mark Milley, a former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and…

Former Democratic presidential primary candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) defended the father of a Marine killed in Afghanistan who shouted at President Biden and was arrested during the State of the Union address Thursday. “As a Gold Star Son myself, I can only imagine the pain he has felt since losing his son in Afghanistan,”…

Steven Nikoui, the father of a Marine who died during the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, was taken into custody on Thursday night for yelling at President Biden from the House gallery during his State of the Union speech. Nikoui, 51, was apprehended for interrupting Biden’s speech around 10:15 p.m. ET, as confirmed by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP). “Our officers cautioned him…