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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden began to rebut negative story lines about Afghanistan — President Biden's Friday speech on Afghanistan, and even more so his answers to reporters' questions, ended the week on a decidedly more positive note than it began. While on Monday the focus was on harrowing scenes …
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Biden to address nation on Afghanistan evacuation Sunday afternoon
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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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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Pentagon hints at more rescues outside Kabul airport, amid new security concerns and evacuation bottleneck
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New York Times:
Hospitals and Insurers Didn't Want You to See These Prices. Here's Why. — The price for an M.R.I. at Mass General is ... Do you have a medical bill we should investigate? Share it with us. — This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret …
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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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 …
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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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.
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.
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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JONATHAN TURLEY:
“No Further Action Will Be Taken”: Officer Who Fatally Shot Ashli Babbitt Cleared of Any Wrongdoing By Capitol Police — Yesterday I wrote a column in the Hill about the FBI reportedly finding no evidence a planned insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th.
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The Western Journal
Harry Enten / CNN:
How the political environment is moving toward Republicans — (CNN)Republicans gained a seat in the Connecticut state Senate this week. They won a special election in a district that President Joe Biden won by more than 20 points in 2020. — Any individual special election such as this one comes …
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Wall Street Journal
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.
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
What We Left Behind in Afghanistan — The United States' hasty, ill-planned withdrawal was one last favor for the Taliban. — In the fall of 2001, as the United States and its allies swept into Afghanistan, the Taliban collapsed with surprising speed. Although the Taliban Army …
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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