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The Hunt: The cost of leaving Afghanistan

By J.J. Green

The commanding general of U.S. troops in Afghanistan returned to the U.S. this week, permanently.

In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” the former head of U.S. Central Command Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.) said that as the U.S. leaves, the Afghan people find themselves in a difficult situation, as the Taliban begins to ramp up terror attacks.

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DC police warned other agencies before Jan. 6 rally that attendees were urged to ‘come armed’

By CNN
Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump rally that there were social media reports urging attendees to "come armed" but said there was no credible threat for the event, according to an email obtained by a government watchdog group and shared exclusively with CNN. The email obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington was sent from the FBI's field office in DC to the US Secret Service and provides a short summary of a Metropolitan Police Department briefing on January 5. The email notes that eight firearms were recovered and five arrests were made at a pro-Trump event in November 2020 and points out that no firearms were recovered related to a similar pro-Trump rally the following month.
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