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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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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Resign — Rip those stars off your pathetic nostalgia costumes and resign. Quit. Tell that crusty Pinocchio in the White House and the faculty lounge Geppettos tugging his strings that you will have no more to do with his human centipede of failure in Kabul.
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Politico:
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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Associated Press:
New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Flights Resume at Kabul Airport After Deadly Attack
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Fox News:
House Republicans introducing articles of impeachment for Secretary of State Blinken
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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. …
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CBS News:
Race to evacuate as many as possible from Kabul after ISIS bombs kill at least 170
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
At a badly shaken White House, ‘sadness and horror’
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Bungled Mess — For days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout from Afghanistan repeated …
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Washington Post:
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?
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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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Kelsey Piper / Vox:
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment — Most Covid-19 drug treatments that have been included in trials haven't panned out. A large new study suggests fluvoxamine might be different. — This story is part of a group of stories called — Finding the best ways to do good.
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Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
Florida COVID update: case, death, vaccine count
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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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María Paúl / Washington Post:
A school district opted out of a free meals program, saying students could ‘become spoiled’ — With two girls in elementary school and a mother who is a teacher, the Dringenburg household in a Milwaukee suburb had been joyous and excited about back-to-school season — until this year …
Josephine Harvey / Yahoo News:
Texas Anti-Mask ‘Freedom Rally’ Organizer Fighting For His Life With COVID-19 — A Texas man who helped organize protests against pandemic restrictions is fighting for his life after being hospitalized for nearly a month with COVID-19, the — San Angelo Standard-Times reported.
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Kaylee Fagan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump-inspired conspiracies about voter fraud have infiltrated the California recall. And they may cost supporters votes — The campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a conspiracy theory problem, and it just might siphon off votes that could aid its cause.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What California's Recall Election Says About America
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
In Britain, Young Children Don't Wear Masks in School — During the Delta surge, British schools emphasized other safety measures: quarantining and regular testing for the virus. — From late spring into early summer, Britain's elementary and secondary schools were open during an alarming wave of Delta infections.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘It Nearly Killed Me’: Michael Caputo's Life After Years Fighting for Trump — McALLEN, Texas — The purpose of the work was on the sign above the door: “Restoring Human Dignity.” — Inside the Humanitarian Respite Center, run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley …
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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Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Complaint: Herschel Walker violated campaign law — Georgia Democrats claim Walker functioned as a US Senate candidate before he filed this week. — ATLANTA — Democrats have filed a complaint against Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker. The complaint alleges Walker violated …
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Newly Unsealed Transcript Reveals Crux Of Mueller's Collusion Case — Internal Trump campaign polling data from the 2016 election was sent to a person close to Russia's leader, according to recently unsealed statements by a prosecutor from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trump: Biden Afghanistan Failure Is ‘Single Most Embarrassing Moment in the History of Our Country’ — BEDMINSTER, New Jersey — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that his successor President Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the …
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CNN:
Renewed fears of political violence grip Capitol Hill ahead of right-wing rally — (CNN)Lawmakers and law enforcement officials are growing concerned about the possibility of violence and unrest on Capitol Hill as two key dates approach next month: a right-wing rally in support …
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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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Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Why Exactly Did We Abandon Bagram Air Base? — The Economist's Shashank Joshi tweeted an important observation that deserves to be highlighted. President Biden was either confused or — worse — actively misleading the American people when he said at Thursday's press conference …
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