Trump: ‘We don’t run from anybody’ in blasting Biden over Afghanistan withdrawal

President Donald Trump Friday sharply criticized former President Joe Biden’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it an “embarrassment” and arguing his administration would not have left military equipment behind. “You remember that where they left all the military equipment behind? We didn’t. We wouldn’t have left anything,” Trump said while speaking at … Read more

European leaders brace for Rubio to ‘ramp up’ rhetoric at Munich Security Conference

World leaders are gathering for the annual Munich Security Conference as some European leaders are warning about the collapse of the international rules-based order. NBC News correspondents Courtney Kube and Andrea Mitchell report live from Munich. Sir Trevor Phillips, presenter at Sky News, reports on the perspective from Europe. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Bondi’s binder strategy turns House hearing into political firestorm

The overstuffed white binders appeared a few moments before Attorney General Pam Bondi exited her motorcade, and strode through the horseshoe entrance of the Rayburn House Office Building. Roll Call photographer Tom Williams and I stood in the hallway, negotiating our positions for Bondi’s entrance. Williams would position himself on the far side. I slid … Read more

AOC accuses Trump of trying to usher in ‘age of authoritarianism’ at Munich conference

Congressperson says US president and Marco Rubio are tearing apart transatlantic alliance Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe and of seeking to introduce an “age of authoritarianism”, as she condemned his administration’s foreign policy in front of its allies’ top policymakers at the Munich Security Conference. Speaking … Read more

ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show

US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agenda US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects to spend an estimated $38.3bn on a plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into new immigration detention centers with capacity for tens of thousands of detainees, according … Read more

Catholics, conservatives cheer ouster of ex-Miss California from WH religious panel after hijacking hearing

The Trump administration swiftly removed Carrie Prejen Boller, a former Miss California winner, from a White House religious council amid accusations she worked to “hijack” a hearing on antisemitism, earning applause from religious leaders and conservatives.  “Carrie Prejean was thrown off the Religious Liberty Commission, and thank God,” a former Trump White House official told … Read more