Afghanistan: Taliban warns there will be ‘consequences’ if Biden delays withdrawal of US troops  —  The Taliban meets Sky News in Doha to discuss what happens next - and issues a stark warning about the withdrawal of troops from the country.  —  Created with Sketch.

Cuomo's dog Captain left at mansion after governor departed  —  ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has been staying with one of his sisters in Westchester County in the final days of his third term, recently has asked staff members at the Executive Mansion if anyone would like to keep his dog …

Sinema: I simply won't back a $3.5T spending bill  —  Kyrsten Sinema still opposes her party's plans for a $3.5 trillion, party-line spending bill.  And she's not up for a negotiation about it.  —  As House Democratic leaders hold back Sinema's own Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill …

FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine  —  Approval Signifies Key Achievement for Public Health  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.  The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine …

Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail  —  Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, a national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, was sentenced Monday to five months in jail for two crimes, including setting fire to a stolen Black Lives …

Proud Boys' ‘Summer of Love’ Rally Ended in Blood, Beatings, and Gunfire  —  For years, Portland has been a hotbed for political violence.  Sunday's clashes mark some of the worst yet.  —  TO  —  Gunfire erupted in Portland on Sunday amid what may have been the most chaotic display …

Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6  —  Over the course of the past year, congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has engaged in a systematic effort to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Revealed: how California police chased a nonexistent ‘antifa bus’  —  Authorities in rural northern counties spread misinformation and launched aircraft surveillance in response to false rumors about antifa ‘infiltrators’, according to records obtained by the Guardian

Stop Blaming Biden for Afghanistan.  He's Cleaning Up Trump's Mess  —  , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION  —  The images coming out of Afghanistan have been disturbing.  But let's be clear: The Trump Administration led us straight into this mess.

Armed protests are picking up, and a new study says they're more likely to turn violent  —  Corrections/clarifications: This story originally mischaracterized the uptick in armed protests.  The number of armed protests increased from February to June; the proportion doubled.

Sen. Chris Murphy Tells Democrats To Stop Falling For Republican “Bulls-t”  —  Sen. Murphy Called Out Democrats For Caving To The Hawks  —  Sen. Murphy told Greg Sargent of The Washington Post: … Democrats Buy Into Republican Arguments  —  Anyone who has paid any degree of attention …

The one thing keeping Biden in office  —  Watching President Joe Biden on Sunday struggle to spin away from his disastrous and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan—leaving thousands of Americans on the ground at the mercy of the Taliban—what worried me most isn't what he said.  —  What he says isn't believable.

Herschel Walker registers to vote in Georgia as he weighs Senate run  —  Herschel Walker has apparently moved back to Georgia in what could be a prelude to a run for the U.S. Senate.  —  The former University of Georgia football star registered to vote in Georgia on Aug. 17 after decades of living in Texas, state records show.

Felon voting rights law unconstitutional, NC court rules  —  Judges have restored voting rights to an estimated 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony, according to a lawyer for the people who challenged the law that has kept them from voting.

Afghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away from Kabul's airport on Monday, as American officials ramped up evacuation flights …

Escape From Afghanistan  —  For the past 10 days, thousands of private citizens have been working around the clock, through informal networks of friends and colleagues, to organize evacuation flights from Afghanistan to countries like Albania and Kyrgyzstan, and to help Afghans get their name …

House committee plans to seek phone records in probe of January 6, including from members of Congress  —  Washington (CNN)The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot is poised to send notices to various telecommunications companies requesting that they preserve …

The CEO Trying to Build a White, Christian, Secessionist Tech Industry  —  “It's time for us to resist,” Rand Paul says, railing against vaccine and mask mandates, “lockdown measures,” and other pandemic interventions, in a new video making the rounds on social media.  “They can't arrest all of us.”