Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, top defense officials revealed that President Joe Biden was advised against a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Since Saturday, the Taliban has displayed dead bodies in public and restricted women’s access to education and work as the international community grapples with how to respond. 

Lauren Moye, FISM NEWS [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1”] Murders increased dramatically during 2020 according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report. The data released on Monday shows that the U.S. murder rate increased by nearly 30% compared to 2019. This makes for the largest percentage jump since recordkeeping began in the 1960s. The official data revealed that […]

Iran denied a U.N. nuclear watchdog access to a nuclear site on Sunday, reneging on an agreement made with the U.N. only two weeks earlier.

GOP Leader Mitch McConnel warned last week that Republicans would they would only support a stopgap measure divorced from the debt ceiling. Republicans believe Democrats will use the suspended debt ceiling as a means to fund their $3.5 Trillion budget bill. 

Representative Nancy Pelosi broke with an earlier promise to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill by Sept. 27 in a move that is sure to upset moderate Democrats. The House Speaker recently announced that a discussion on the bill would be held today. The vote is now set for Thursday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged his support for Del Rio border patrol agents abandoned by the Biden administration, announcing that he will hire any agents at risk for losing their jobs.

As a vote on a $3.5 trillion spending bill looms, Democrats are still struggling to find enough cohesion to get the legislation to the president’s desk.

The FBI has confirmed that an investigation is underway into the alleged assault of a female U.S. military service member by male Afghan evacuees being housed at Fort Bliss. 

Recently, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser came under criticism for a new law that allows minors to consent to vaccination without parental knowledge or consent.