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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
In Kabul, Private Rescue Efforts Grow Desperate as Time to Evacuate Afghans Runs Out — Defense contractor Erik Prince charges $6,500 a person, other groups' planes leave Kabul empty — A disparate group of American veterans, military contractors, aid workers and former spies is scrambling …
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Two Congress members make unauthorized trip to Kabul amid evacuation efforts — Two members of Congress made an unauthorized whirlwind trip to Kabul early Tuesday, leaving less than 24 hours later on a flight used for evacuating U.S. citizens, allies and vulnerable Afghans.
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Sami Sadat / New York Times:
The Afghan Army Collapsed Against the Taliban. Here's Why. — General Sadat is a commander in the Afghan National Army. — For the past three and a half months, I fought day and night, nonstop, in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province against an escalating and bloody Taliban offensive.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Better Afghan Policy — What would it have been? — What might a more successful exit from Afghanistan have looked like? — I have spent some time talking with colleagues and experts about that question, and it is a difficult one to answer. President Biden's exit certainly has not gone well.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Is Jen Rubin now doing PR for the Taliban now or just lying by omission? — Jen Rubin has been supporting and defending the Biden administration on every possible front for months but she has really put her flack-act into high gear since Biden's drawdown of troops in Afghanistan has turned into a disaster.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Mexico Helped The Times Get Its Journalists Out of Afghanistan — A humanitarian effort led by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gave Afghans and their families a sanctuary that the U.S. government was unable to provide. — A group of Afghans who worked for The New York Times …
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
How Many People in Afghanistan Need to be Rescued? The Number Remains Elusive.
Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan's Falling Man: The 17-Year-Old Soccer Star Who Plunged From a U.S. Military Jet
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
White House to media: We want our props on Afghanistan
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Joseph Klein / Front Page Magazine:
Biden's Gift to Global Jihadists: A Safe National Homeland
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Washington Examiner:
Biden's credibility crisis spreads far past Afghanistan
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
The U.S. dare not betray the students at the American University of Afghanistan
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Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Delta Air Lines is raising health insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees by $200 a month to cover higher Covid costs — Starting Nov. 1, unvaccinated Delta employees who have health insurance from the companywill face $200 monthly surcharges. — From Sept. 12 …
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Content Lab U.S.:
Johnson & Johnson Announces Data to Support Boosting its Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine
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JoNel Aleccia / Kaiser Health News:
Hot Spots Where Covid Vaccination Lags Push Experimental Antibody Treatment
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Second Dose of J. & J. Vaccine Gives Strong Boost, Company Reports
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Joe Kovacs / WND:
Gab launches brand-new job board to help unvaccinated Americans
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Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas runs out of intensive care beds for COVID patients
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Issues Sweeping Demand for Executive Branch Records — Bolton, MS—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced the Select Committee's first round of demands for records as the committee expands its investigation into the January 6th violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and its causes.
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CNN:
House committee seeks documents from agencies on January 6 Capitol attack, signaling massive investigative effort — (CNN)The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack requested a massive tranche of documents from several US government agencies …
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Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:
New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day's end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Infrastructure Summer: The Gottheimer Gang's Pointless Standoff — Conservative Democrats got a guarantee that the House would vote on the infrastructure bill by late September. But that changes nothing about the process. — The problem for the Gottheimer gang is they simply …
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Hard-line conservatives press McCarthy to whip votes against infrastructure bill
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
House Democratic Moderates Have Reason to Boast
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's stunning, radical immigration decision, explained — The Court's decision on Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy upends decades of precedent warning that judges shouldn't mess with foreign affairs. — The Supreme Court handed down an order Tuesday evening that makes no sense.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Biden administration must comply with ruling to restart ‘remain in Mexico’ program for asylum seekers
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Politico:
Secret Service warned Capitol Police about violent threats 1 day before Jan. 6 — Just a day before the Jan. 6 riot, the Secret Service warned the U.S. Capitol Police that their officers could face violence at the hands of supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to new documents reviewed by POLITICO.
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New York Times:
About 89% of Rental Assistance Funds Have Not Been Distributed, Figures Show — Just $1.7 billion in funds intended to prevent eviction were disbursed in July as the White House braces for a Supreme Court decision that could strike down its eviction moratorium.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
As eviction crisis loomed, rental relief barely picked up in July
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
More than half of Florida's students now go to schools mandating masks in defiance of DeSantis — More than half of Florida's students are now enrolled in public school districts with mask mandates despite threats of sanctions from the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
How Donald Trump Turned Off Swing Voters in 2020 — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — The number of swing voters — those who change their minds between presidential elections — has been declining over time. — However, there are still some swing voters, and they can be decisive …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon requires military members get COVID-19 vaccine immediately — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered service members to “immediately begin” receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Pentagon memo released Wednesday. — “To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force.
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Former California Democratic majority leader endorses Larry Elder in campaign against Gov. Newsom — The California recall election will be held on Sept. 14 — Larry Elder reveals how he's going to fix California — The former Democratic majority leader for the California state Senate …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In First Interview From Jail, an Upbeat Navalny Discusses Prison Life — Russian political prisoners today are subjected to “psychological” pressure, said the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, who is forced to watch state TV for more than eight hours a day.
Associated Press:
‘Pain compliance’: Video shows trooper pummeling Black man — MONROE, La. (AP) — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.”
Karen Pearlman / Los Angeles Times:
Students from San Diego County school district stranded in Afghanistan — At least 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in El Cajon and 16 parents are stranded in Afghanistan after taking a summer trip abroad. — They are among thousands of individuals waiting to leave …
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