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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Booed at Alabama Rally After Encouraging Crowd to Get COVID-19 Vaccine — Former President Donald Trump was booed by his own supporters during a rally in Cullman, Alabama Saturday night after he encouraged the crowd to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
Trump Tells Alabama Rally Crowd He Recommends the Covid Vaccine, But Then Pivots Back to Talk About ‘Freedom’ After Some Booing — Former President Donald Trump encouraged attendees at his Cullman, AL rally to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday. — “I believe totally in your freedoms …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump targets Biden over Afghanistan but gets booed briefly on vaccines at Alabama rally
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job ratings decline amid Covid surge, Afghanistan withdrawal in NBC News poll — WASHINGTON — After a spike in U.S. Covid-19 cases and bipartisan criticism over the chaos from America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden's overall job-approval rating …
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CBS News:
Biden job approval falls; handling of troop removal is negative but support for withdrawal remains — CBS News poll — Most Americans have wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan for a while, and most still do. — But not like this. — Public reaction to what's happened there is decidedly negative …
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Biden to address nation on Afghanistan evacuation Sunday afternoon
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WKRN-TV:
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.
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Radio Host Who Mocked Vaccines Dies of COVID-19
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Ben Hall / WTVF-TV:
Outspoken conservative radio host Phil Valentine dies after battling COVID-19
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Kenneth Roth / The Hill:
How to safely evacuate Afghans at risk before it's too late — Time is running out for tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the Taliban after their takeover of the country. — President Joe Biden stated on Friday that military forces stationed at Kabul airport have a “mission to complete” …
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David Zucchino / New York Times:
Desperation as Afghans Seek to Flee a Country Retaken by the Taliban
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Washington Post:
Pentagon hints at more rescues outside Kabul airport, amid new security concerns and evacuation bottleneck
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
No biggie, but ISIS appears to be in Kabul
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Mary Stanik / MinnPost:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
More Kids Are Hospitalized With Covid-19, and Doctors Fear It Will Get Worse — Delta variant's spread is a concern as schools reopen; ‘This is different than we saw before’ — Hospitals in the South and Midwest say they are treating more children with Covid-19 than ever and are preparing for worse surges to come.
U.S. Department of Defense:
Department of Defense Activates Civil Reserve Air Fleet to Assist With Afghanistan Efforts — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the Commander of U.S. Transportation Command to activate Stage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). CRAF activation provides the Department …
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Tony Blair / Institute for Global Change:
Why We Must Not Abandon the People of Afghanistan - For Their Sakes and Ours … The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours. In the aftermath of the decision to return Afghanistan to the same group from which the carnage …
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NBC News:
Jesse Jackson and wife, Jacqueline, hospitalized with Covid-19 — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, were being treated at a Chicago hospital Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19, their representatives said in a statement. — The Rainbow Push Coalition …
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
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 …
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New York Times:
As Biden Faces a Political Crisis, His Party Looks On in Alarm — Democrats fear that if the pandemic or the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, their party may lose the confidence of the moderate swing voters who lifted it to victory in 2020. — With President Biden facing …
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
What's wrong with Arizona's 2020 audit? A lot, experts say — PHOENIX (AP) — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona's largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers.
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Sam Sokol / Haaretz:
A medical worker prepares to administer a patient's third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit HMO in Jerusalem.Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters — The Biden administration announced last week that it plans to make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots widely available, starting September 20 …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
GOP congressman places blame on Trump admin for crisis in Afghanistan: ‘They set this up to fail’ — Brianna Keilar presses official: Why is Biden misleading with his words here? — Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday placed blame on the Trump administration …
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Angus Thompson / Sydney Morning Herald:
Rescue dogs shot dead by NSW council due to COVID-19 restrictions — Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size — Several impounded dogs due to be rescued by a shelter have instead been shot dead by a rural council in NSW under its interpretation of COVID-19 restrictions …
ABC News:
US special operations forces race to save former Afghan comrades in jeopardy — The current and former military members are getting people out “one at a time.” — Current and former U.S. military special operations and intelligence community operatives are using their own networks of contacts …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
As covid-19 surges in Mississippi, some people are ingesting an unproven livestock dewormer — The plea from Mississippi's top doctor to a state grappling with the nation's second-lowest vaccination rate seemed simple: Do not take ivermectin — a drug intended for treating worms in livestock — to prevent or treat the coronavirus.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
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 …
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