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Foreign policy rarely moves voters, but risks remain

The number of people left in Afghanistan who hold American passports is small, but it led Republicans to allege that President Joe Biden has abandoned or stranded them. This has led many Americans to ask: Who would want to stay?

A day after U.S. troops left, the president called the mission to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies an “extraordinary success” and forcefully defended ending the United States’ involvement.

The nearly 75-page bill that won final approval Tuesday in both the House and Senate would ban 24-hour polling locations and empowers partisan poll watchers.

The nearly 75-page bill that won final approval Tuesday in both the House and Senate would ban 24-hour polling locations and empowers partisan poll watchers.

A judge ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on school mask mandates “is without legal authority” and can’t be enforced. But that’s not stopping the state board of education from withholding paychecks. (Image credit: Marta Lavandier/AP)

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On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) has gone rogue to travel to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on a rescue mission, in the face of multiple warnings not to do so from the Pentagon and State Department —

The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to Ukraine in advance of a White House meeting this week between President Joe Biden and his counterpart in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to Ukraine in advance of a White House meeting this week between President Joe Biden and his counterpart in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.