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State Department denies lack of planning for withdrawal laid out in GOP-led Afghanistan report

In a new statement, the State Department backed a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 after Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a scathing 350-page report detailing dysfunction and lack of planning leading up to the withdrawal. A statement from a State Department spokesman said Republicans have “issued partisan statements, cherry-picked facts, suppressed […]

State Department Refutes Kathy Hochul’s Statement On Chinese Consul’s Removal

The State Department on Wednesday denied comments made by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hawkle about the Chinese consul general in the state, CNN reported. Hochul said the same day that China's consul general in New York, Huang Ping, had been dismissed from his post following the indictment of former aide Linda Sun. According to […]

Texas officer sues former department after life ‘crushed’ by dropped rape charge

A Texas police officer is suing investigators for ignoring evidence that exonerated him on a rape charge he claims ruined his life and took months to reverse. Officer Freddie Douglas was arrested in December after the girlfriend of a longtime friend accused him and her boyfriend of raping her. The charges were eventually dropped, but […]