I also can’t stop thinking about the escort who brought SSgt Michael Swinton home.
Long after the cameras leave, one service member remains beside a fallen brother, ensuring he is never alone on his final journey home.
One of the military’s most sacred duties.🙏🏼
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are U.S. citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment, striking down President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship as unconstitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito dissented. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in part and dissented in part.
In a notable 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school sports, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh writing “The term 'sex' in Title IX... cannot plausibly be interpreted to refer to anything other than biological sex.”
On the idea that Donahue was responsible for the Afghanistan withdrawal, as the commander of the 82nd Airborne that responded to the crisis in Kabul, one source said it was like “blaming the fire department for showing up to the fire.”
Reporter: You mentioned that, staying on as Fed governor, you intend to keep a low profile. Could you give us a little more detail on what that looks like?
Powell: ducks down.
Correct, @Felix_Nuno , spot on. Mission critical locations. For US global operational capability. Including the Iran fight. Any US politician or political commentator who thinks that we should shut these facilities is guilty of committing superpower suicide.
A tough reminder that there are a group of unique Americans who operate in the shadows with no fanfare, who selflessly answer the bell time and again, and go places under significant risk ultimately to help protect their fellow citizens. RIP to former colleagues.