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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern — The day after protests in two cities were met with violence, rallies broke out in Kabul and at least one other city. A troubled evacuation from Kabul slowly gathered pace as Afghans and others arrived in Europe, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Media Is Helping Hawks Win the War Over Biden's Withdrawal — The Taliban's rapid reconquest of Kabul has exposed a pair of American scandals. One implicates Joe Biden. The other incriminates proponents of a prolonged U.S. occupation of Afghanistan — and the many putatively neutral reporters who've abetted their cause.
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Christianists Versus Christianity — Plus: What Joe gets wrong — Say, it ain't so, Joe. — The president had a chance to extend and revise his remarks from earlier this week, but this is what we got: … It's. Not. Good. And I say this as someone who supported, touted, and embraced Biden's candidacy.
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AP-NORC:
Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting
Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Taliban intensify search for Afghans who aided US: report
Taliban intensify search for Afghans who aided US: report
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Afghanistan News Should Come With Warning Labels Attached
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump officials scramble for distance from his Taliban deal
Trump officials scramble for distance from his Taliban deal
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Reuters:
A small Afghan girl is lifted from the crowd, capturing desperation to flee Kabul
A small Afghan girl is lifted from the crowd, capturing desperation to flee Kabul
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New York Times:
Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out
Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out
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Tori Richards / Washington Examiner:
EXCLUSIVE: DOD knew as early as 2005 that Afghan military was weak, former general says
EXCLUSIVE: DOD knew as early as 2005 that Afghan military was weak, former general says
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Yahoo News and RedState
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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Politico:
Capitol Hill bomb suspect surrenders to police — Capitol Police arrested a man Thursday who claimed to have explosives in his truck after a tense five-hour standoff, ending the immediate threat to a Capitol campus that is still reeling from the deadly insurrection earlier this year.
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Suspect surrenders following ‘active bomb threat’ near Library of Congress
Suspect surrenders following ‘active bomb threat’ near Library of Congress
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Washington Post:
Man claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol is in custody after standoff, police say
Man claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol is in custody after standoff, police say
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CBS News, Reuters, New York Times and UPI
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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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Two Vaccinated U.S. Senators Test Positive for Covid-19
Two Vaccinated U.S. Senators Test Positive for Covid-19
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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 …
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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 …
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities — The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine. Now he's refusing to treat them. — In Alabama, where the nation's lowest vaccination rate has helped push the state closer to a record number of hospitalizations, a physician has sent a clear message to his patients …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization and Prosecutors Spar Over Evidence—Out of Public View — Former President Donald Trump's company and its finance chief were criminally indicted this summer — Manhattan prosecutors are moving to advance their criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business affairs …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon
Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon
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Stuart Taylor Jr / RealClearInvestigations:
Guided by Faith, Divinity Student Fought His ‘Antiracist’ Princeton Seminary — and Won — Timothy Keiderling's decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for justice and to live out the values of the Kingdom of God.”
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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Power Line
Rachel Metz / CNN:
Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR — (CNN Business)For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Herd Immunity Herp Derp — The pandemic's wrongest theory. — A lot of people, including many experts, made blunders when assessing the best ways to combat the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in late 2019. For a while people were sanitizing their grocery bags. Mask guidance was all over the map.
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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.
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights — Back in April, The Nation magazine told readers that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan would be “a welcome and long-overdue action.” The essay, by a scholar named Phyllis Bennis, sounded upbeat, even salubrious.
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