Joseph Clark

Senate Republicans press for briefings on U.S. strategy amid rising China tensions

Senate Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to provide public and classified briefings to lawmakers on U.S strategy toward China and policy regarding Taiwan.

October 7, 2021

Rep. Biggs said he ‘doesn’t know’ who won Maricopa County after Arizona audit showing Biden victory

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs said Thursday the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Arizona, are still up in the air after a highly touted audit that showed President Biden won by a slightly bigger margin than was originally certified.

October 7, 2021

U.S. watchdog on Afghanistan probing allegations Ghani stole funds before fleeing

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, told a House subcommittee on Wednesday that his office is looking into allegations that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stole millions of dollars from the Afghani government as he fled the country in August.

October 6, 2021

Republicans place local CRT fights at forefront in defining GOP’s moral mandate

Prominent Republicans are placing the battle over critical race theory front and center as they map out their vision for the party ahead of the 2024 presidential race.

October 6, 2021

Nikki Haley blasts Afghanistan withdrawal, ‘our national self-loathing’ in Reagan Library speech

Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said President Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan has thrust the U.S. into a "clash of civilizations" where "the bad guys think the good guys lack the will to win."

October 5, 2021

Former U.S. officials say Biden has bucked responsibility over Afghanistan

A group of veteran foreign policy and military hands said unanimously on Tuesday that President Biden has not accepted responsibility for his administration's troubled withdrawal from Afghanistan.

October 5, 2021

Senate Republicans call for select committee to probe Afghanistan withdrawal

Senate Republicans are calling for a bipartisan select committee to investigate the troubled U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

October 5, 2021

McMaster rips Trump’s 2020 Afghan withdrawal agreement with Taliban in remarks for House hearing

Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday is railing against the February 2020 Doha agreement setting the timeline from a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling the Trump administration's deal a "surrender to the Taliban."

October 5, 2021

H.R. McMaster: U.S., allies in a ‘very dangerous time’ for China relations amid sorties near Taiwan

Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired Army Gen. H.R. McMaster on Monday warned that the U.S. and its allies are entering a "very dangerous time" in their relations with China.

October 4, 2021

Havana Syndrome continues to baffle U.S. officials

U.S. officials remain determined to get to the bottom of mysterious, neurological "anomalous health incidents" that have befallen a growing number of diplomats, military personnel and intelligence officials.

October 1, 2021

Mike Lindell returns MyPillow ads to Fox News, but alliance is over: ‘They’re terrible’

MyPillow ads returned to Fox News last week, but CEO Mike Lindell says the relationship is still on the rocks.

October 1, 2021

Congress averts government shutdown, remains in stalemate over debt limit

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown on Thursday by passing a stopgap funding bill with back-to-back votes in the House and Senate, just hours before the midnight government funding deadline.

September 30, 2021

Senate passes stopgap spending bill hours before a government shutdown

The Senate on Thursday passed a stand-alone stopgap spending bill to keep the government afloat, sending it to the House for final approval with just hour

September 30, 2021

Top generals: Terrorists could take root in Afghanistan in less than a year

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers Wednesday that terrorist organizations could regain footing in Afghanistan in as soon as six months leaving some lawmakers concerned that the war there is not over.

September 29, 2021

Democratic House chairman provides Biden cover on Afghan troop pullout

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Wednesday defended President Biden's decision to end the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, telling the Pentagon's top leadership the generals were "wrong" to push to keep U.S. troops in the country.

September 29, 2021

House panel grills Pentagon brass a day after Afghanistan testimony contradicted Biden’s comments

The Pentagon's top leadership returned to Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second consecutive day of hearings before Congress on the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan following more than six hours of grueling testimony on Tuesday.

September 29, 2021

Top generals dispute Biden’s claims on Afghan withdrawal

Top military leaders on Tuesday confirmed they advised the White House to keep at least 2,500 troops in Afghanistan and to reject an arbitrary timeline for withdrawal, seemingly contradicting President Biden who said that the Pentagon brass was on board with his Aug. 31 exit date regardless of conditions on the ground and amid warning signs of a likely Taliban takeover.

September 28, 2021

Senate Republicans block debt limit, government funding bill

Senate Republicans Monday blocked a measure to temporarily fund the government and suspend the debt ceiling, pushing Congress even closer to the brink in a shutdown and default showdown.

September 27, 2021

House Dems beg Senate GOP to help lift the debt ceiling

House Democrats made a last-ditch plea to Senate Republicans to back a suspension of the debt limit, begging them just hours before the vote Monday not to let the government default.

September 27, 2021

Alleged assault of female Fort Bliss service member by Afghan evacuees prompts FBI investigation

The FBI is investigating an allegation that a group of male Afghan evacuees being housed at Fort Bliss in New Mexico assaulted a female service member stationed at the base.

September 24, 2021