Texas lawmaker speaks out on voting rights battle
Rep. Gina Hinojosa responds to Gov. Greg Abbott’s threat to arrest the Democrats who fled the state. source
Texas Democrats meet with key senators on federal voting rights legislation
Rep. James Talarico tells ABC News the lawmakers plan to demand that Congress “take immediate action to save our democracy.†#ABCNews #JamesTalarico #VotingRights source
GOP pulls out of Jan. 6 select committee after Pelosi rejects appointments
Rep. Kevin McCarthy denounced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “unprecedented†move and said Republicans would launch their own investigation. #houseselectcommittee #pelosi #mccarthy #january6 #investigation #trump source
Rep. Steve Scalise gets 2nd vaccine dose, urges Louisianans to get their shots
The Republican congressman discusses the surge in COVID-19 cases as well as mask and vaccine mandates. source
Taliban takeover raises questions about potential intelligence failures
Breaking down how the Afghan government collapsed so quickly and what it means for the future. source
Some Afghans lucky to escape as others are left behind
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz reports on the Afghans who successfully escaped before the Taliban took over, and one Marine’s fight to get an Afghan who aided U.S. troops out of…
US congressman: ‘We had to wrap up a forever war’
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., a veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2012, about why he thinks the U.S. had to wrap up a “forever…
NY Rep.: Afghanistan will ‘turn into a terrorist safe haven’
Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., said that without U.S. boots on the ground in Afghanistan, the U.S. has no intel and calls the withdrawal “beyond my imagination.” source
Former Army Ranger: Families trying to escape Kabul was ‘worst thing I ever saw’
ABC News’ Phil Lipof speaks with former Army Ranger and ABC News contributor Jariko Denman on his efforts to evacuate Afghan allies and their families through unofficial channels. source
Congressman says Biden made ‘courageous decision’ ending Afghanistan war
ABC News’ Juju Chang speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., whose district has the largest Afghan American community in the U.S., and who has helped coordinate evacuations from Afghanistan. source