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2:30 PM ET, August 24, 2021

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John Hudson / Washington Post:
CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar  —  CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul on Monday with the Taliban's de facto leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban …
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NBC News:
NBC News poll shows demographic breakdown of the vaccinated in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — There's been plenty of recent news on the vaccination front.  —  The FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's Covid vaccine for those 16 and older; President Biden on Monday urged more Americans to get vaccinated …
Discussion: Tangle, Raw Story and Mediaite
Axios:
“A living hell”: Leaked email describes Afghan refugee conditions  —  Shortly before 8 a.m. last Friday, an official at U.S. Central Command sent a searing wake-up call to colleagues: The sweltering Qatar air base where the Biden administration is housing thousands of Afghan evacuees was awash …
Washington Post:
Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden decides to keep August 31 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan as evacuations accelerate  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has decided, in consultation with his national security team, to stick with the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official.
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Politico:
Biden sticks to Aug. 31 withdrawal from Afghanistan  —  President Joe Biden has agreed with a Pentagon recommendation to stick to an Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan, according to two people with knowledge of the recommendation.
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Hawaii governor tells tourists to stay home as coronavirus surges across islands  —  Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) is telling tourists to stay away from the islands amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.  —  In a news conference on Monday, Ige encouraged visitors and residents to reduce travel to essential business activities.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
U.S. Intelligence Community: Sorry, COVID-19's Origin Remains a Mystery
Discussion: Reuters and Fox News
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:   Vax mandates are a cruel stick to beat people with. They will tear us apart
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
‘Time to fold’: The rebels threatening Biden's agenda are increasingly isolated  —  The Sabotage Squad is still at it.  As of early Tuesday morning, the nine conservative House Democrats working to derail the strategy that's essential to passing President Biden's agenda are still threatening …
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Politico:
Democrats near deal to break budget impasse  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a band of Democratic centrists are finalizing a deal that would clear the way for passage of the party's $3.5 trillion budget framework and set a Sept. 27 House vote on infrastructure — an offer both sides hope will end their weekslong standoff.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Moderates bring House to standstill in Biden budget clash
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Conservative Bill Kristol endorses McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor  —  RICHMOND — Bill Kristol is just like all the other disaffected Virginia Republicans whom gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin needs to win over, only famous.  —  The longtime conservative commentator …
USA Today:
Exclusive: Americans' harsh judgment on Afghanistan costs Biden's approval, down to 41%  —  Susan Page Matthew Brown Mabinty QuarshieUSA TODAY … Was the longest war worth it?  —  After two decades of combat, Americans by more than 2-1 say the war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, wasn't worth it.
Andy Mannix / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Mosque bomber now identifies as a woman, says right-wing blogs fueled ‘inner conflict’ leading up to attack  —  Says confusion, right-wing posts fed “inner conflict.”  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  The militia leader who's facing life in prison for masterminding the bombing of a Minnesota mosque …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and TheBlaze
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
J.D. Vance has become the politician he once said he couldn't support  —  If you want to win a Republican primary in a Republican state, you could do worse than getting into a public fight with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.).  —  After all, primary electorates tend to be more partisan than the electorate overall …
Discussion: Fox News
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Perry Bacon / Washington Post:   Why the Biden administration's competence strategy is flawed
Reuters:
Reuters photographer was killed after being left behind in Afghan retreat, general says  —  Danish Siddiqui was with soldiers on the front line of an Afghan Special Forces clash with the Taliban.  New reporting, and his last photographs, cast light on his final hours, on the collapse of the Afghan military …
John Jorgensen / VoteVets:
NEW POLL: Veterans strongly support withdrawal from Afghanistan; Republicans out of step with rest of America on Afghan refugees  —  WASHINGTON, DC - A new poll commissioned by VoteVets shows that American veterans overwhelmingly support President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan, along with all Americans.
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Kathy Hochul becomes New York's first female governor  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul became New York's first female governor at midnight on Tuesday, assuming office after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal.  —  Hochul, who has in recent days attempted …
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida hasn't asked for $820 million in federal food assistance for children  —  The DeSantis administration hasn't applied for a federal food aid program, part of a larger effort by the governor to return life to normal.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has not yet applied …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
6 In 10 Floridians Support Requiring Masks In Schools, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 61% Say Recent Rise In COVID-19 Cases In Florida Was Preventable  — mail_outline  —  As Florida deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases and a battle intensifies over an executive order issued …
Jeff Ernst / VICE:
Monsoon Rains Just Washed Away Trump's ‘Impenetrable’ Border Wall  —  Photos show rusted steel border bollards along the Arizona border ripped from their hinges by the recent rains.  —  JE  —  Monsoon rainfall in southeast Arizona damaged sections of the multi-billion dollar border wall whose construction …
Discussion: Second Nexus
 
 
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Susan Dominus / New York Times:
He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The Deeper Crisis Behind the Afghan Rout
Discussion: Washington Examiner
RealClearEnergy:
Powering Down the Developing World
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
The Health 202: NIH director: 'It's almost like we have a new pandemic'
Discussion: HotAir and The Guardian
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Alex Jones Attacks Trump for Promoting Vaccines: 'Maybe Trump's Actually a Dumba**'
Discussion: Insider
 Earlier Items: 
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Giuliani associate Igor Fruman expected to plead guilty in campaign-finance case
Discussion: Insider
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Elitist Democrats want you to shut up and obey
Discussion: Townhall and BizPac Review
Reuters:
UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions
Ian Prasad Philbrick / New York Times:
Where Is the Anti-Biden Tea Party?
Discussion: Mediaite, Instapundit and John Kass
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Lobbyist Barry Bennett Comes Under DOJ Scrutiny
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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