Politics Aug 18 WATCH: Defense officials say U.S. troops can’t escort Afghans to Kabul airport U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. military doesn’t have the capacity at this point to extend security forces beyond the perimeter of the Kabul airport in order to get more civilians safely evacuated out of Afghanistan.
Politics Aug 17 WATCH: White House says Taliban has agreed to allow civilian ‘safe passage’ Jake Sullivan acknowledged reports that some civilians were encountering resistance — “being turned away or pushed back or even beaten” — as they tried to reach the Kabul international airport.
World Aug 17 WATCH: U.S. military airlift from Kabul to accelerate, per Defense Department officials The U.S. military is coordinating with the Taliban while accelerating the airlift of Americans and Afghan allies from the Kabul airport, and also bringing in additional U.S. troops in a scramble to complete the evacuation in two weeks, Pentagon officials…
Nation Aug 16 WATCH: Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision “American troops cannot, and should not, be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," Biden said.
Politics Aug 04 U.S. plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, a White House official says.
Politics Aug 03 WATCH: Biden chides Republican governors who resist vaccine rules The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the White House announced Tuesday.
Politics Aug 03 More than 110 million COVID vaccines sent to 60 countries, U.S. says The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the White House announced Tuesday.
Health Jul 20 WATCH LIVE: Fauci, Walensky testify before Senate on COVID-19 response Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will testify before the Senate Tuesday about the federal COVID-19 response.
Health Jul 16 U.S. to send first vaccine doses to Africa in coming days The shipments come as part of an initial supply of 80 million doses that President Joe Biden had pledged to send out by the end of June, though deliveries were slowed by regulatory and logistical hurdles.
Politics Jul 16 WATCH: Biden says virus disinformation is ‘killing people’ President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.