Records contradict J.R. Majewski’s account of military punishment
The Ohio Republican was punished for driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in 2001, military records show.
By Associated Press - September 29, 2022The Ohio Republican was punished for driving drunk on a U.S. air base in Japan in 2001, military records show.
By Associated Press - September 29, 2022J.R. Majewski never deployed to Afghanistan but instead completed a six-month stint helping to load planes at an air base in Qatar, military documents show.
By Associated Press - September 21, 2022President Joe Biden attended a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon, while Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to New York and First Lady Jill Biden stopped in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
By Associated Press - September 12, 2022The North Carolina Republican, who defended voting against a $40 billion U.S. aid package to Ukraine, also voted against a $207 billion veterans’ aid package in March.
By Emily Singer - May 12, 2022As many as 2.5 million veterans may have been exposed to burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Oliver Willis - April 25, 2022Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is using her interruption of President Joe Biden’s address to collect more campaign funds.
By Josh Axelrod - March 03, 2022Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) has not suggested anything but prayers for Ukrainians fleeing Russian invaders, either.
By Josh Israel - February 28, 2022Experts who praised the president’s first year in office say the post-pandemic economic recovery and U.S. foreign relations, among other things, hinge on what he does next.
By Josh Axelrod - January 24, 2022Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said a panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack would be too ‘partisan.’
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2021Rep. French Hill voted with a House majority to expedite the processing of refugees in July.
By Oliver Willis - September 09, 2021Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) compared service members working to help Afghan refugees to ‘daycare operators’ and said they ‘should be training’ instead.
By Oliver Willis - September 07, 2021‘We need to do everything that we can to protect them, to get them to a safe situation.’
By Associated Press - September 06, 2021Tucker Carlson accuses the Biden administration of letting unvetted ‘Afghan Pashtun tribesmen’ into the United States.
By Oliver Willis - August 31, 2021The military equipment left in Afghanistan is not worth $85 billion — or even close to that number — according to multiple experts.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2021The 36-year-old father had worked for a security company at the U.S. Embassy.
By Associated Press - August 28, 2021More than 60 troops died in Afghanistan during Donald Trump’s years in office, and the civilian death toll increased exponentially.
By Emily Singer - August 27, 2021Several people, including a number of U.S. troops, were killed or wounded in a pair of suicide bombings, officials said.
By Associated Press - August 26, 2021President Joe Biden discussed Afghanistan just hours before Fox News and Steve Scalise accused him of ignoring it.
By Oliver Willis - August 25, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy thinks there should be no action on infrastructure or voting rights until the Afghanistan evacuation is complete.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2021The family of Afghan police officer Mohammad Khalid Wardak was rescued by the U.S. military and allies in conjunction with government officials.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2021‘We are committed to bringing Americans who want to come home, home,’ said White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
By Oliver Willis - August 23, 2021‘Fox & Friends’ host Pete Hegseth suggested Democratic leaders aren’t concerned at all with American lives in Afghanistan.
By Oliver Willis - August 23, 2021The Florida Republican endorsed Donald Trump for president twice, even though he did not serve in Vietnam due to ‘bone spurs.’
By Josh Israel - August 23, 2021Afghan civilians and U.S. government contractors will be vetted and given health screenings upon arrival in the United States, before they’re allowed into other parts of the country.
By Oliver Willis - August 20, 2021The South Carolina senator voted twice against impeaching Donald Trump.
By Emily Singer - August 20, 2021Harris Faulkner claimed that a Defense Department spokesman was being ‘disingenuous’ when he said he wasn’t sure how many Americans were still in Afghanistan.
By Oliver Willis - August 19, 2021Afghan civilians fled their homes hoping to be evacuated over the weekend, as the Taliban retook several major cities, including the capital city of Kabul.
By Josh Axelrod - August 16, 2021Some Republicans now criticizing Biden for the Taliban’s takeover previously praised the Trump administration for its plan to swiftly remove US support from the region.
By Emily Singer - August 16, 2021The Afghanistan war is the longest in American history.
By Oliver Willis - August 16, 2021Former President George W. Bush sent the first U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2001.
By Josh Axelrod - July 14, 2021