U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate  —  U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city's airport …

Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot breaks silence: ‘I saved countless lives’  —  In the chaotic minutes before he shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Lt. Michael Byrd focused his attention on the glass doors leading into the lobby of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.

Florida COVID update: case, death, vaccine count  —  Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.  —  All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25 …

Virginia GOP sues to remove McAuliffe from ballot; Democrat's campaign calls lawsuit ‘desperate’  —  The Republican Party of Virginia on Thursday asked a court to remove Democrat Terry McAuliffe from the November ballot, arguing that his elections paperwork did not meet the state's guidelines because it was missing a signature.

How close is the California recall?  Here's what the poll experts say  —  Earlier this month, results from a SurveyUSA poll showed that 51% of likely voters in California's upcoming recall election would vote to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.  It was the first poll to show …

Clamoring for ivermectin, some turn to a pro-Trump telemedicine website  —  When users visit the telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, they are immediately hit with a warning: “Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times.”  —  The demand is for ivermectin …

Living with the coronavirus will likely never be risk-free  —  Vaccinated Americans are facing a disheartening reality: Even after getting the shot, they'll have to live with some level of risk from the coronavirus for the foreseeable future.  —  State of play: A glut of data released …

Why Are So Many Marines Neo-Nazis?  —  Last Friday, the Department of Justice released one of the latest in an endless string of indictments involving white men subscribing to the tenets of the far right and planning acts of terror in the U.S. The document also had an all-too-familiar detail …

Trumpism Has Entered Its Final Form  —  Something happened last Saturday that was significant because it was unprecedented: Donald Trump spoke at a rally in the heart of Trump country—Cullman, Alabama, which gave the incumbent president more than 88 percent of the vote in 2020—and he was booed.

A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go  —  Many Afghans who helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now in danger.  One spoke to us about his battle to get his family out alive as he hid in Kabul.  —  The Americans called him “Mikey,” and as an interpreter …

Time's Up leader Tina Tchen resigns in fallout from Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal  —  Tina Tchen, the president and CEO of Time's Up, told her staff Thursday that she will resign, less than a day after she admitted that her organization's private consultations with former …

Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia  —  On a dry, bright afternoon in late June, members of the Bedford Militia lined up on a grassy lot on the property of Bryan Buchanan Auto Auction, right off the county highway in Montvale, Virginia.

Pentagon Confirms 12 Services Members Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul  —  CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie says that 12 service members were killed and 15 others injured when two...  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki briefed reporters and responded to questions on the security situation in...

The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard?  An Atheist.  —  The elevation of Greg Epstein, author of “Good Without God,” reflects a broader trend of young people who increasingly identify as spiritual but religiously nonaffiliated.  —  The Puritan colonists who settled in New England in the 1630s …

Vice President Harris cancels plans to campaign for California Gov. Newsom  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has canceled plans to stump for California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom amidst a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the governor's campaign confirmed Thursday.

Afghanistan and the Anti-Liberal Right  —  They hate us for our freedoms … Few would dispute the basic truth that the project of converting Afghanistan into a “mini-me of Jeffersonian democracy,” as New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd put it the other day, was destined to fail.

‘I saw a flash’: Dozens killed in bombings outside Kabul airport  —  Twin bombings struck near the entrance to Kabul's airport Thursday, ripping through crowds of Afghans and foreign nationals waiting for evacuation from the country, killing dozens of people, including 12 U.S. service members.

You do not have the ‘constitutional right’ to refuse the Covid-19 vaccine  —  Marci Hamilton is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and CEO of CHILD USA, a nonprofit think tank working to end child abuse and neglect in the US.  Dr. Paul Offit is director of the Vaccine Education Center …

Abolish teachers unions  —  To a decent portion of the public, criticism of teachers unions is tantamount to a mortal sin.  —  After more than a year of pandemic shenanigans, a Politico poll conducted between July 31 and Aug. 2 found that 37% of people had at least a somewhat favorable opinion of teachers unions.