New @AP reporting tonight: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked to evacuate Kyiv at the behest of the U.S. government but turned down the offer. An American official tells me Zelenskyy said, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.”
In an empty lot between their destroyed churches, two congregations came together tonight for a joint Christmas Eve service in Mayfield, Kentucky. @heraldleader
Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The longest war in our history.
We completed one of the biggest airlifts in history — with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety.
No nation has ever done anything like it.
A Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit helping to take care of an infant during the evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
📷: Sgt. Isaiah Campbell
A beautiful day to spend on a day trip to the Middle of Nowhere, Kentucky. She may be better than me at wax dipping…. @ Makers Mark https://t.co/Bwz2zYWYKj