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ABC News:
Full transcript of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Joe Biden  —  Stephanopoulos spoke to Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday.  —  Read the full transcript of President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Something Is Wrong with the President  —  What's Going On with President Biden?  —  After making no public appearances for four days — during a major foreign crisis — President Biden read a 20-minute speech off a teleprompter on Monday afternoon and took no questions.  He immediately returned to Camp David.
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Parliament holds Joe Biden in contempt over Afghanistan  —  MPs and peers unite to condemn ‘dishonour’ of US president's withdrawal and his criticism of Afghan troops left behind to face Taliban  —  Joe Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal was condemned as “catastrophic” and …
AP-NORC:
Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting  —  The public is more concerned about the threat caused by domestic extremist groups than those from outside the country. … As U.S. forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, most Americans …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Biden shouldn't cave to the bigots on evacuating our Afghan allies  —  Lots of explanations have been floated for why the Biden administration didn't get more Afghan allies and refugees out before U.S. troops withdrew, as it had been urged to do.  —  Maybe the problem was disorganization.
Washington Post:
Biden administration faces big choices as economic calamity hangs over Afghanistan  —  Top Afghan officials plead for assistance as the White House torn between isolating Taliban and preventing economic collapse.  —  Afghanistan's economy faces calamity in the aftermath of the Taliban capture of Kabul …
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern
Associated Press:
Afghanistan war unpopular amid chaotic pullout: AP-NORC poll
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Taliban intensify search for Afghans who aided US: report
Discussion: New York Times and Instapundit
CNN:
Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol  —  (CNN)A suspect who claimed to have an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol has surrendered to authorities and is in custody, US Capitol Police said Thursday.  —  Police have identified the suspect as 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry.
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Confidential State Department Cable in July Warned of Afghanistan's Collapse  —  About two dozen State Department officials in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken  —  WASHINGTON — About two dozen State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent …
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker / wicker.senate.gov:
Wicker Office Statement on COVID-19 Diagnosis  —  WASHINGTON - The Office of Senator Roger F. Wicker Communications Director Phillip Waller today issued a statement after Senator Roger F. Wicker tested positive for COVID-19:  —  “Senator Wicker tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Three senators announce positive COVID-19 tests in single day
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Three U.S. Senators Test Positive in Breakthrough Infections
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Elder's ex-fiancee said he brandished a gun at her  —  PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Alexandra Datig, the former fiancee and longtime radio producer for California GOP gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, says she broke off an 18-month engagement with the conservative talk show host in 2015 …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Ex-wife of leading California GOP gubernatorial candidate says he waved a gun at her while high
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans to Block Sexually Explicit Videos Starting in October  —  OnlyFans is getting out of the pornography business.  —  The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct, starting in October.  Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos …
Reuters:
Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban's new U.S.-made war chest  —  About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United States.  —  “They'll continue to see a steady drumbeat …
Discussion: Axios, The US Sun, The Daily Caller and CNBC
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Politico:   U.S.-made weapons seized by Taliban could lead to regional arms bazaar
Ian Fritz / The Atlantic:
What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban  —  When people ask me what I did in Afghanistan, I tell them that I hung out in planes and listened to the Taliban.  My job was to provide “threat warning” to allied forces, and so I spent most of my time trying to discern the Taliban's plans.
Dave Lieber / Dallas Morning News:
If North Texas runs out of ICU hospital beds, doctors can consider a patient's vaccination status  —  This would be a big change in health care, but doctors have yet to announce it.  So The Watchdog does it for them.  —  North Texas doctors have quietly developed a plan that seeks to prepare …
New York Times:
How News Organizations Got Afghan Colleagues Out of Kabul  —  The evacuation of those who worked for outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post came after a global rescue effort stretching from the Pentagon to Qatar.  —  For hours, they waited on the tarmac in the relentless heat …
Devyani Chhetri / Greenville News:
Greenville County GOP leader Pressley Stutts dies from COVID-19  —  Greenville County Republican Party leader Pressley Stutts died Thursday morning after battling COVID-19 for nearly a month.  —  Stutts death was confirmed by Dan Harvell, who represents the Anderson County Republican Party …
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger failed to properly disclose more than 700 stock trades worth as much as $10.9 million in violation of federal transparency law  — Harshbarger disclosed hundreds of stock trades weeks or months after a federal deadline.  — The tardy trades could invite an ethics investigation and fine.
The Hill:
There is a blueprint to win for Democrats in 2022  —  It's hard to believe that we're on the precipice of another campaign season, but the influx of fundraising emails we've been receiving the past several weeks to “help get X re-elected” tells the story.  —  The midterms for a first-term president are historically bad for his party.
Discussion: Breitbart and Sputnik News
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Hollie McKay / New York Post:
Charm offensive: What the Taliban said as they escorted me out of an Afghan city  —  MAZAR-I-SHARIF — Under the full tilt of the afternoon sunshine, two Taliban commanders with weathered, expressionless faces beckoned me into their tiny car - their eyes dropping to the floor so as not to make contact with a woman.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Almost all eligible Georgians are registered to vote, data shows  —  Federal election report: 95% of voting-age Georgians registered  —  Georgia now has one of the highest voter registration rates in the nation, with 95% of citizens over 18 years old signed up to vote, according to federal election data released this week.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Parents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation  —  County board meeting erupts during school mask debate  —  (CNN)It's the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with what they perceive …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Putin Rebuffed U.S. Plans for Bases Near Afghanistan at Summit With Biden  —  After Afghan withdrawal, U.S. hoped to base forces near Afghanistan, but Putin told Biden that Moscow objects  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a June 16 summit meeting with President Biden …
Discussion: Breitbart, Human Events and Power Line
ED News:
Over 323,000 Federal Student Loan Borrowers to Receive $5.8 Billion in Automatic Total and Permanent Disability Discharges  —  Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov  —  Over 323,000 borrowers who have a total and permanent disability (TPD) will receive more than $5.8 billion …
Laina G. Stebbins / Michigan Advance:
Conspiracy-filled House hearing held on vaccine mandate ban  —  A GOP bill to preemptively prohibit mandatory employee vaccinations saw the light of day Thursday, in a House committee hearing saturated with COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxer rhetoric.
 
 
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Federal Trade Commission:
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Stephen Groves / Argus Leader:
South Dakota National Guard chief says private donation didn't affect deployment plans
Discussion: BorderReport
Rasmussen Reports:
Kamala Harris: Voter Approval of VP Declines
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Nation hits 1M vaccinations benchmark for first time in seven weeks
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization and Prosecutors Spar Over Evidence—Out of Public View
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights
Discussion: The Federalist and New York Times
Keith Kellogg / MSN:
The Lesson of Afghanistan: Our Military Must Remain Focused on Its Mission
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Herd Immunity Herp Derp
Discussion: Raw Story
Stuart Taylor Jr / RealClearInvestigations:
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Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Trump is not ruining democracy, we are. And it's been anguishing to confront
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Bloomberg:
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