MCCONNELL ISSUES WARNING: Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. wants Congress to have a say when it comes to President Trump’s plans to pull U.S. forces out of both Afghanistan and Syria. Including he says, “a thorough accounting of the risks of withdrawing too hastily.”

“Simply put, while it is tempting to retreat to the comfort and security of our own shores, there is still a great deal of work to be done,” McConnell said on the floor of the Senate yesterday. “And we know that left untended these conflicts will reverberate in our own cities.”