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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 …
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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies — At least 13 service members were killed in an attack in Kabul Thursday. — With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans …
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The Dispatch:
A Defeat of Choice — It did not have to be this way. — The attacks Thursday at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. troops, making it the deadliest single day of the war for Americans in more than a decade. More than 90 Afghans trying to escape …
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William Saletan / Slate:
The GOP's Phony Complaints About Afghanistan — On Thursday, suicide bombers killed scores of people outside the Kabul airport, including at least 12 American service members. Congressional Republicans snapped into action, demanding that President Joe Biden resign or be impeached.
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Associated Press:
New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100 — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than 100.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘The worst day of your presidency’ — DRIVING THE DAY — When Kabul fell to the Taliban several days ago, rocking President JOE BIDEN's pullout operation, the White House made a strategic choice: They doubled down, didn't apologize and crossed their fingers that the nation would move on quickly.
Washington Examiner:
Biden must accept accountability for his Afghanistan debacle — At least 12 U.S. service members died from two attacks outside the Kabul airport Thursday. But the number of dead and the number of attacks keep rising. — What had been a stain on President Joe Biden's administration is now a historic catastrophe.
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Resign — Rip those stars off your pathetic nostalgia costumes and resign. Quit.
Resign — Rip those stars off your pathetic nostalgia costumes and resign. Quit.
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RedState, Forbes and National Review
Washington Post:
Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency
Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible. But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible. But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
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Real Clear Politics, Townhall and The Federalist
Hunter Walker / New York Magazine:
‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton's Secret Trip to Kabul Officials condemned the mission as a reckless stunt. …
‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton's Secret Trip to Kabul Officials condemned the mission as a reckless stunt. …
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go
A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go
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C-SPAN.org:
Pentagon Confirms 12 Services Members Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul
Pentagon Confirms 12 Services Members Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul
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National Review, CNBC, Liberty Nation, USA Today, Reuters, Breitbart, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Reason
Washington Post:
A dark day reminds us: Thousands of Americans are risking everything for this rescue mission
A dark day reminds us: Thousands of Americans are risking everything for this rescue mission
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Power Line, Liberty Nation and Washington Times
Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Taliban's Hidden War Against ISIS
Inside the Taliban's Hidden War Against ISIS
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Bungled Mess — For days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout from Afghanistan repeated …
A Bungled Mess — For days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout from Afghanistan repeated …
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ABC News, The Stream, The US Sun and NBC Los Angeles
Linley Sanders / YouGov:
Most voters say Biden deserves blame for the attack at Kabul Airport
Most voters say Biden deserves blame for the attack at Kabul Airport
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New York Times, Human Rights Watch and FOX 5 San Diego
NBC News:
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.
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Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
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 …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
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 …
Kelsey Piper / Vox:
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Breyer on Retirement and the Role of Politics at the Supreme Court — In an interview prompted by his new book, the 83-year-old leader of the court's liberal wing said he is working on a decision about when to step down. — WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen G. Breyer says he is struggling …
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Ends Biden's Eviction Moratorium — The ruling followed political and legal maneuvering by the administration to retain protections for tenants. It puts hundreds of thousands at risk of being put out of their homes. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected …
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NBC News:
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 …
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Insider, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Guardian
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Struggling Hillsborough GOP turns to Marjorie Taylor Greene — The Georgia Republican speaks tonight at the annual fundraiser for a local party beset by losses and dissent. — Updated Just now — It was only six years ago that Hillsborough County Republicans scored Jeb Bush to headline their Lincoln Day fundraiser.
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CNN:
CNN EXCLUSIVE ‘Something has to be done’: After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency's director is speaking up about gun violence — Watch CNN Films' “The Price of Freedom” on CNN TV without commercial interruption starting at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 29.
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Anne Helen Petersen / Vox:
The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America's elderly — As millions “age in place,” millions more must figure out how to provide their loved ones with increasingly complex care. — Illustrations by Cha Pornea for Vox — This story is part of a group of stories called
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What California's Recall Election Says About America — Gavin Newsom's struggles could spell trouble for Democrats everywhere. — We did not meet at the French Laundry. — Gavin Newsom, the California governor who faces a recall election on September 14, hasn't been back to the …
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Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
We're told to ‘follow the science’ — yet some of it is just plain wrong — In recent years, there have been a lot of catchphrases around science: “Follow the science!” “We believe in science!” Even “The science is settled!” — Well, sometimes it's not settled. Sometimes it's not even really science.