Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after COVID-19 battle  —  You have been added to News 2 Breaking News Newsletter  —  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine has died after weeks in a Nashville area hospital battling COVID-19, according to his station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN.

This Is How the U.S.'s Afghanistan Exit Plan Unraveled  —  President Biden promised an orderly withdrawal.  That pledge, compounded by missed signals and miscalculations, proved impossible.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top national security officials assembled at the Pentagon early …

Pentagon hints at more rescues outside Kabul airport, amid new security concerns and evacuation bottleneck  —  The Pentagon on Saturday strongly hinted that U.S. troops may stage further operations outside the Kabul airport to help evacuate stranded American citizens and Afghans who aided the war effort …

Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March  —  The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.  —  Facebook said Saturday evening …

Former Pence aide says Trump and Miller stymied Afghan refugee efforts.  —  A top homeland security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence accused the Trump administration of distorting the truth about Afghan refugees, writing on Twitter that the former president and Stephen Miller …

U.S. Considers Ordering Commercial Airlines to Help in Afghan Evacuation  —  The Biden administration is making preparations to invoke an emergency civil aviation program, while adding to the number of U.S. bases that can house Afghan evacuees.  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …

On an encounter with Unvaccinated America at the hospital  —  News that the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is swamping hospitals nationwide has made me think of some of the difficult days I spent in a hospital as a University of Minnesota medical center spokesperson.

Florida's COVID deaths climb as children lead state in positivity rate  —  The state reports 1,486 deaths and 150,118 new coronavirus infections as the pandemic starts to affect young Floridians.  —  Florida's pandemic is getting deadlier and infecting more children.

Tony Blair slams Joe Biden's ‘imbecilic’ retreat from Afghanistan  —  America shuts Kabul airport as Dominic Raab is forced to turn to China and Russia for help in Afghanistan  —  Tony Blair has launched a furious attack on Joe Biden's “imbecilic” withdrawal from Afghanistan …

The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam … These words, penned by Major General Smedley Butler in 1935, nearly a century before the global war on terrorism began, decades before the notion of a “military-industrial complex” became a glint in Dwight Eisenhower's imagination, could sum up the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.

Taliban soldiers wearing U.S.-made gear mock iconic World War II image of Marines raising flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 and release propaganda footage showing them armed with American weapons while on patrol in Afghanistan  — The Taliban's Badri 313 Battalion released a collection of propaganda footage this past week

Joe Biden Is Who We Said He Was  —  Nobody should, any longer, pretend that Joe Biden is fit to lead this nation.  —  oe Biden has badly, visibly bungled America's withdrawal from Afghanistan.  He has compounded the problem with his sluggish and dishonest public statements.

Pelosi says House working to pass infrastructure bills by Oct. 1  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday that the lower chamber is “hard at work” to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger, Democrat-backed spending package by Oct. 1.

20 GOP states push back against Biden gun regulations  —  Attorneys general say Biden's proposed gun parts rule is unconstitutional  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 21  —  Attorneys general of 20 states are fighting back against an “unconstitutional” Biden administration proposal to regulate gun parts.

Florida's COVID surge ‘a crisis of unprecedented proportions,’ doctor says; school districts battle for masks.  Latest COVID-19 updates  —  Jeanine Santucci Christine FernandoUSA TODAY  —  Florida became the third state in the U.S. to reach 3 million cases of COVID-19, a total surpassed by only 15 countries in the world.

As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban's PR offensive falters  —  In the last few days, TV crews from Afghanistan's Al-Emarah Studio, which produces pro-Taliban multimedia content, have been out on the streets of Kabul speaking to residents with reassuring messages about life returning to normal.

Henri Upgraded to Hurricane, Heads Toward Long Island  —  Forecasts call for potentially dangerous storm surges, heavy rain and strong winds  —  Henri was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday morning and was expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern New England on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.