Idalia aftermath and McConnell freeze: Lawmakers call for term limits

Published August 31, 2023 8:20pm ET



Idalia aftermath and McConnell freeze: Lawmakers call for term limits

Hurricane Idalia, the latest severe storm to hit the United States, made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday morning around 7:45 a.m., and it was downgraded to a tropical depression Wednesday evening as it traveled over Georgia.
The storm weakened to a tropical depression Wednesday around 5 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

It appears the Biden administration will not mark the Afghanistan withdrawal anniversary with any in-person events. This week marks two years since the final days of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which sent President Joe Biden’s approval ratings into negative territory. “Does President Biden plan to commemorate the events and the people who were killed and left behind as that happened?” the Washington Examiner asked press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Wednesday’s White House press briefing.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for oversight in response to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest health scare. On Wednesday, McConnell froze up for about 30 seconds while taking questions from reporters in the second such incident to happen this summer. Greene seized on the situation soon after, using the example and mentioning other politicians who suffer from mental ailments in a call to address the situation of aging lawmakers.

August 31, 2023 04:20 PM

August 31, 2023 04:20 PM