The US decision to leave Afghanistan under both the Trump and Biden administrations was the driving factor behind the swift collapse of the Afghan military as the Taliban swept across the country with stunning speed last summer, according to a scathing new inspector general report released Wednesday.

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Five states — Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon — are holding key primaries Tuesday in what will be another test of former President Trump's endorsement power. Follow here for live news updates, results and analysis.

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America now has a President who will call evil by its name.

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The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill aimed at preventing domestic terrorism and combating the threat of violent extremism by White supremacists.

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North Korea appears to be preparing for a possible intercontinental ballistic missile test within the next 48 to 96 hours, just as President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Asia, according to a US official familiar with the latest intelligence assessment.

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded his race in the GOP primary for North Carolina's 11th District to opponent Chuck Edwards in a phone call, Cawthorn spokesperson Luke Ball said.

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The two top-ranking senators on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on Wednesday announced a long-sought bipartisan deal on a comprehensive bill that could help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.

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Tuesday was the biggest day of the 2022 primary season to date, with five states -- ranging from Pennsylvania in the east to Oregon in the west -- casting votes for Senate, governor and House.

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Pennsylvania Republicans chose an election denier Tuesday as their candidate for governor in this year's midterm elections -- but appear to have rejected a far-right Senate contender.

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The Biden administration is bracing for a wave of violence if Roe v. Wade is overturned next month.

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants whose asylum claims fail will be “promptly removed” from the United States -- but former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are pushing back, saying that there is little chance of that happening given the mass release of illegal immigrants into the U.S.

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It’s too close to call in Pennsylvania’s jam-packed, combative, and extremely expensive GOP Senate primary between Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick.

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The University of Illinois Chicago’s school of public health has advised against using "stigmatizing" words like "obesity" as universities across the country seen to eliminate fatphobia in their quest for "health justice."

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Pennsylvanians Tuesday voted for who they want to represent their parties in the state's critical U.S. Senate election later this year. The razor-thin race between Pennsylvania Senate GOP frontrunners Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick may be headed for a recount.

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn, the youngest member of Congress, failed to hold onto his House seat, after critics said the 26-year-old brought too much negative attention to his North Carolina district.

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Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., said backing from former President Trump has been a "huge" factor in his bid to become the next senator from North Carolina.

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Americans discussed whether they believe in UFOs and how they felt about Congress holding a hearing on them.

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John Paul Mac Isaac, the laptop repair shop owner who serviced Hunter Biden's laptop in April 2019 is speaking out about the treatment his father received from the FBI when he attempted to inform them of the findings on the laptop.

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Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ari., claimed the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide made the largest impact on the advancement of women in the workplace in a video of him during a Jewish Democrats Week Of Action virtual conference exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital.

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House investigators are unlikely to call former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

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Finland and Sweden's NATO membership applications are a major geopolitical blow to Vladimir Putin as the Russian leader's military struggles in Ukraine.

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More than a dozen Senate Democrats are asking location data companies to provide information about any collection or sales of cellphone data tied to visits to

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Even before a gunman opened fire at an El Paso Walmart, Latino legislators had warned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott about his anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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Pennsylvania's chaotic Republican Senate primary was too close to call early Wednesday, with celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz locked in a tight race with former

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The Justice Department sued casino mogul Steve Wynn to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it says he performed on behalf of the Chinese government.

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With Biden on sidelines, Conor Lamb faced long odds in Pa. Senate primary. Some of his allies wish Biden had gotten involved in the race.

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lost his re-nomination bid in western North Carolin

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NBC News projects that Sen. Doug Mastriano is the GOP nominee for governor, and will face Democratic nominee Josh Shapiro in November.

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Voters in five states cast ballots in primary races Tuesday in the latest test of former President Trump's control over the Republican Party. Chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has the latest reporting and results.

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Congress held its first hearing on UFOs, or unidentified flying objects, in over 50 years. As lawmakers stressed this as a potential national security issue, officials from the Pentagon testified yesterday that reports of potential unexplained encounters rose from 144 in 2004-2021 to approximately 400 since then. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.

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Trump's high-profile endorsements had mixed results on Tuesday night and Republicans advancing candidates who questioned the eleciton results.

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CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the GOP nomination in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating incumbent Rep. Madison Cawthorn.

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Host Michael Morell talks with Mowatt-Larssen about the likely trajectory of the war in Ukraine and what Putin's options appear to be

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CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the Republican primary in the 11th Congressional District.

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There's no indication the national baby formula shortage is connected to the distribution of formula to migrant babies in U.S. border custody.

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Primary voters headed to the polls in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon. Robert Costa looks at some of the key races and what's at stake for the midterm elections.

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"What happened here is simple and straightforward: terrorism. Terrorism. Domestic terrorism," the president said.

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Interest rates will be 4.99% for undergraduate loans, 6.54% for graduate loans and 7.54% for PLUS loans for the 2022-2023 year.

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After a day of balloting in five states, a another notable contest also remained uncalled: Rep. Kurt Schrader (D) was facing a spirited challenge from his left for the Democratic nomination in Oregon's 5th Congressional District.

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A mixed bag for Trump and the Democrats' left wing, plus electability issues for the GOP in Pennsylvania.

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A mixed bag for Trump and the Democrats' left wing, plus electability issues for the GOP in Pennsylvania.

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Wynn, a former Republican National Committee finance chairman, was repeatedly advised to register as an agent of a foreign government but declined to do so, according to prosecutors.

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Edwards's win may have been mostly about kicking Cawthorn out.

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Edwards's win may have been mostly about kicking Cawthorn out.

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West Virginians’ skepticism about a clean-energy shift — whether from Sen. Joe Manchin III or even those working on a new wind farm — complicates President Biden’s climate push.

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In key contests, Republicans aligned with Trump or his false claims of a stolen 2020 election seized momentum in the final days.

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Voters picked nominees in some of the most consequential primaries of the year, signaling the direction of both parties and revealing more about the strength of the hold that former president Donald Trump retains over Republicans.

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It’s a chance for Democrats to find out whether they can arrest the building red wave and their declining White working-class support with a candidate who doesn’t fit easily into any partisan box.

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The Treasury Department is expected to let a sanctions carve-out lapse next week, raising the prospect of a Russian default.

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The candidates endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump have succeeded in many of their early primaries, with some notable exceptions.

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Nobody declared victory in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, despite a Trump endorsement. Representative Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina was ousted after a series of scandals.

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Mr. Mastriano, a retired Army colonel, prevailed over a last-ditch effort by his rivals and state Republican leaders to stop him out of the fear he will be a weak general-election candidate.

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The day’s biggest race, the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, was too close to call. But elsewhere, candidates who dispute the 2020 outcome ran away with G.O.P. contests.

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Chuck Edwards, a three-term state senator who represents the Republican old guard, defeated Mr. Cawthorn, once seen as a rising star in his party.

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“Just a dude” who won Pennsylvania’s Democratic nomination for the Senate — days after suffering a stroke.

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How will progressive Democrats fare against moderate rivals? What signals will North Carolina Republicans send? And in Pennsylvania, will Kathy Barnette concede a loss?

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Top economic officials are gathering this week to discuss how to keep pressure on Vladimir V. Putin without sinking their economies.

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The Democrat from Connecticut, who has spent his decade in the Senate trying and failing to enact gun safety bills, says his party should make the issue the core of its 2022 midterm message.

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The right-wing personality said the fiction that immigrants are replacing white Americans is "indeed a policy of the Democrat Party."

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A 139-page filing chronicles how the deal came together and says the company wants to finish the $44 billion sale "promptly."

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Democrats point to the “JR-15,” and want the FTC to crack down.

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The laborious process that could delay results for some closely contested races in Tuesday’s primaries.

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The Fox News personality sure had a different take on mocking Rep. Dan Crenshaw's eye patch in 2018.

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Little and Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin frequently feuded over the role of government. Last year she twice attempted a power grab when he was out of state on business.

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Former Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron doesn't understand "how the network can go through with it."

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The North Carolina congressman, who lost his primary bid Tuesday, joked about Cheney's removal as chair of the House Republican Conference in 2021.

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Miles Taylor says the Republican Party can't be saved.

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Dave McCormick and Mehmet Oz were neck-and-neck as results came in on Tuesday.

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James O’Keefe’s investigative journalism group Project Veritas recently published undercover footage of a Twitter employee admitting that the platform's woke "ideology" is why the company is not profitable. The employee also mocked Elon Musk as "special needs" for having Asperger's syndrome.

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Inflation rose to the highest level in 40 years in Britain last month as the war in Ukraine fueled further increases in food and fuel prices.

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U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an end to oil, gas, and coal use in favor of renewable sources as part of a self-described global climate Marshall Plan.

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In an effort to become more inclusive and welcoming to LGBT people, the French city of Marseille is moving to scrap mother and father from civil documents and replace the terms with “parent 1” and “parent 2”. The city of

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A Washington Post op-ed from Brian Boome claims the Supreme Court and the pro-life movement as a whole want to eliminate abortion to "protect whiteness."

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Dr. Mehmet Oz and businessman David McCormick are within 0.3 percent of each other in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania heading into the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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Barnette did not deliver a concession speech tonight after trailing McCormick and Oz, but she thanked her staff for putting up a "good fight."

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The Biden administration announced it is restarting a "persistent" U.S. troop presence in Somalia, citing the threat of al-Shabaab.

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Dr. Oz thanked former President Donald Trump for being willing to "lean in," endorse him, and host a rally for him. 

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A massive sandstorm blew through Iraq on Monday, forcing daily life to shut down in Baghdad and causing breathing difficulties in at least 4,000 people who sought medical treatment in hospitals nationwide, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

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