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.

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 …

A Bungled Mess  —  Right now, we need a coherent policy in Afghanistan.  —  About the author: Tom Nichols is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of the book Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy.  —  for days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout …

Kabul Airport Explosion Hits Crowd Amid Afghan Evacuations  —  At least three U.S. troops injured in blast that follows warnings from Western governments of possible attack  —  An explosion ripped through a crowd of Afghans trying to enter Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is attempting …

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.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Eviction Moratorium  —  The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium in a 6-3 decision on Thursday.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the moratorium earlier this month to cover counties with “high” or …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton's Secret Trip to Kabul Officials condemned the mission as a reckless stunt.  But the congressman says it was critical oversight of a crisis he tried to prevent.  —  Seth Moulton saw things during his trip to Afghanistan that were “truly out of this world.”

Lawyer for Afghan girls' robotics team tells Oklahoma woman to stop taking credit for rescue  —  A lawyer for the famed all-girls Afghan robotics team has sent a cease-and-desist letter to an Oklahoma woman, telling her to stop taking credit for the girls' escape from Kabul and warning …

Former President Donald J. Trump On The Debacle In Afghanistan  —  Former President Donald J. Trump joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  08-26hhs-trump  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I'm now pleased to welcome back to the program former President Donald Trump.  Mr. President, welcome back.

GOP Hawks Rage: We Want Our Forever War Back  —  Republicans are not only condemning President Joe Biden for the Afghanistan withdrawal; they're calling for a re-invasion of Afghanistan.  —  Republican lawmakers, former officials in Donald Trump's administration, and conservative commentators …

Inside the Taliban's Hidden War Against ISIS  —  The group took aim at the Islamic State offshoot while battling the U.S., earning it grudging credit from world capitals.  The Kabul airport bombings raise the specter of a longer, bloodier battle.  —  Two days before he was shot dead by the Taliban …

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.

Justice Dept. to Close Troubled Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died  —  The 233 people being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be moved, at least temporarily, while officials address conditions there.  —  Conditions at a high-security federal jail in Lower Manhattan have deteriorated …