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... Now, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP, has released a video boasting about the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and vowing another attack on the scale of 9/11 but even "more painful." The video, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, is titled "A Message to the American People: You Have Yet to Understand the Lesson." It features Ibrahim Al-Qousi, a former prisoner at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Al-Qousi said, regarding the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, that "the greatest loss America suffered, besides its material and human losses, is its reputation...

President Trump argued on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should “fire every single” US military general involved in the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Pentagon chief was seated to Trump’s left during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, when a reporter asked about the current employment status of the generals tasked with organizing the August 2021 US exit from Afghanistan. “I’m not going to tell this man what to do but I will say that if I had his place, I’d fire every single one of them, Pete,” Trump responded. Hegseth jumped in to note that...

An Israeli drone strike killed the head of Hamas’ military operation in Lebanon on Monday — as Israel announced it would keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon after the deadline to withdraw, military officials said. Mohammad Shaheen, the head of Hamas’ operations department in Lebanon, was killed while driving in Sidon, in the southern half of the country where the Israel Defense Forces are set to remain despite the cease-agreement with Hezbollah. Images of the aftermath show that the vehicle was completely pulverized, with first responders putting out the flames to reveal only the charred remains of the car....

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has already picked investigators who will look into the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. “We’ve already identified folks that’ll be in charge of that full investigation inside the Pentagon,” Hegseth said in the interview Thursday. “I don’t have a timeframe on it. Sadly, we’ve already waited two-and-a-half years, three years since what occurred. I don’t want to wait longer, but I always want to get it right,” he said.

Americans have been largely pleased with President Donald Trump’s deluge of executive orders. But not all of them. Public support is weak for his order to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate treaty. This is curious. One is clearly a political organization, the other a useless and wasteful effort. The failure by a significant swath of our countrymen to recognize this is worrisome. This is actually the second time Trump pulled the U.S. from the WHO. The first departure was in 2020. It pleased us then that no longer would this country “take part...

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s president has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday. President Javier Milei’s decision echoes that of his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, who began the process of pulling the United States out of WHO with an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 21. The loss of another member country will further fracture cooperation in global health, though Argentina was expected to provide only about $8 million to WHO for the agency’s estimated $6.9 billion 2024-2025...

TikTok junkies are in for a painful biology lesson. The controversial app’s imminent removal over Chinese spying concerns — possibly as soon as 12:01 a.m. Sunday — could spark serious physical and psychological withdrawal among serial scrollers, doctors told The Post. “The universal symptoms of withdrawal from any addictive substance are extreme anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression and cravings – and people who are addicted to TikTok, if they stop using it abruptly, may experience any or all of these symptoms,” said Stanford psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke. Lembke, who specializes in addiction medicine, also warned of mood swings, panic attacks and...

Outgoing President Joe Biden is facing criticism after bombshell reports emerged that he was allegedly too "mentally fatigued" to take a critical call from the House Armed Services Committee Chair in the lead-up to the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The revelation has sparked concerns about Biden's capacity to manage high-stakes decision-making, particularly during one of the most pivotal moments of his presidency. Critics argue that the report highlights a troubling pattern of disengagement and raises serious questions about his leadership and accountability during a crisis that resulted in lasting consequences. According to the Wall Street Journal, Biden was so tired...

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally expressed remorse that the Biden administration had not done more to protect the 13 US troops who were killed in an ISIS-K suicide bombing during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. “I think today, especially of the 13 heroes that we lost at Abbey Gate. And I deeply regret we did not do more and could not do more to protect them,” Blinken said as he testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “And to those families who are here with us today, you’re in my thoughts and my prayers.” Blinken, 62, mixed a...

When Matt Gaetz was announced as Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, I was immediately skeptical. Not because I had anything personally against him, but because I just couldn't make the math work out as far as getting confirmed. Sure enough, Gaetz has withdrawn his bid, saying that he did not want to become a distraction for an incoming Trump administration that needs to hit the ground running. To those worried about what comes next, my message is simple: Relax. This very well could be for the best, and I'm going to explain why. First, though, let's discuss why the...

BREAKING: Trump team puts together a list of military officers to court martial involved in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal - NBC Charges of "TREASON" are being considered for some officers... They are also getting together a potential commission to investigate the withdrawal that resulted in American deaths. WOAH. The list includes both current and former U.S. military officials - and will be used to examine if they can be "court-martialed for their involvement." “They’re taking it very seriously."

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered the entire administration of President Joe Biden to preserve all records and communications in the waning days of the outgoing Democrat administration as former President Donald Trump’s team prepares to take over.Johnson, Breitbart News has learned exclusively, has sent letters to all 18 federal Departments ordering them to retain and preserve documents. This could become an explosive storyline if outgoing Biden administration officials attempt to delete or destroy documents that shed light on some of the radical policies they pursued or scandals with regard to censorship or other major storylines of the past...

On Friday, Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden for his “horribly” managed 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan that got 13 American service members killed. The moment came during a three-hour conversation between the former president and comedian Joe Rogan on the latter’s “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. The men were discussing the implications of U.S. foreign policy under Biden and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin “would have never” invaded Ukraine if he was still president, and contended the “number one” reason Putin launched his offensive is because “he doesn’t respect Biden at all.” “Not even a...

White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby said that addressing veterans’ concerns about the botched Afghanistan withdrawal was of “no use” in a reply-all faux pas. The blunder occurred on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when Fox News sought comments from the White House regarding criticism related to Afghanistan. Instead of responding solely to the White House aides who had forwarded him the email, Kirby mistakenly included everyone on the email chain, including the Fox News reporter. “Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe,” Kirby...

In the leadup to Tuesday night's presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, a separate debate is occurring in Washington over who was at fault for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. During a Monday afternoon press briefing, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby spoke to reporters about the 2021 withdrawal, and argued that Biden's hands were tied by policies of the previous administration. "The Trump administration cut a deal called the Doha Agreement that mandated a complete U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan," Kirby said. "And, yes, that included Bagram Air Base by...

Sinwar's deputy: "Without an Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Axis, the Netzarim Corridor, and the Rafah crossing - there is no agreement." THIS IS THE PRICE OF A DEAL - FULL SURRENDER Channel 12 has published a document found in a Gaza tunnel where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been located. The document contains guidelines for Hamas officials and operatives: - Increase the production of photos and video clips showing the hostages in order to create psychological pressure (on Israel) - Do everything to increase the psychological pressure on (Israeli Defense Minister Yoav) Gallant - Push the line of thinking...

Joe Biden was sunning himself at his Rehoboth Beach house and Kamala Harris was holed away with staff in Washington this week on the third anniversary of their disastrous ­Afghanistan withdrawal. Only Donald Trump bothered to show up to the wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for the Gold Star families of the 13 service members killed by a suicide bomber in the chaotic evacuation from Kabul. For a man damned as an unfeeling monster by Democrats, Trump always manages to outshine Biden and Harris in the empathy stakes, whether he is meeting victims of a toxic train derailment in...

Three years ago today, 13 American heroes were killed in the Harris-Biden botched Afghanistan withdrawal. To this day, Kamala Harris has never mentioned these fallen soldiers' names. President Trump will never forget them.

Former President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark the three-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as he sought to turn the chaotic pullout into a resonant line of attack against Vice President Harris. Trump was joined by family members of some of the 13 U.S. soldiers who were killed in a bombing at Abbey Gate during the withdrawal for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

They just want to pretend it didn't happen,' says Gold Star aunt Cheryl Juels... The families of U.S. service members killed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan said they have never been contacted by Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, three years after the administration’s rushed withdrawal left 13 Americans dead and hundreds stranded. "There's never even been condolences [from Biden or Harris]. They just want to pretend it didn't happen," said Cheryl Juels, the aunt of fallen 23-year-old Marine Sergeant Nicole M. Gee. "They want to take credit for ending the war, but they don't want to take any responsibility for...