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Amie Just / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
All of New Orleans without power after Hurricane Ida leaves ‘catastrophic transmission damage’ — A slow-moving Hurricane Ida has left all of Orleans Parish customers without power due to “catastrophic transmission damage,” according to Entergy New Orleans.
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New York Times:
Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 Storm — Powerful winds knocked out power and storm surge flooded low-lying areas as the storm menaced New Orleans. Officials said it was too late to evacuate and urged residents to hunker down. — Here's what you need to know:
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: About Jim Jordan's other Jan. 6 call with Trump — DRIVING THE DAY — There are just over 48 hours left before the deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from Afghanistan. — The State Department says there are roughly 250 Americans still in Afghanistan who want to leave the country, per a spokesperson.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Hurricane Ida charges inland with destructive winds and torrential rain … Comments are not available on this story.
John Bel Edwards / Office of Governor John Bel Edwards:
Pres. Biden Approves Gov. Edwards' Request for Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for Hurricane Ida — Gov. John Bel Edwards received word tonight that Pres. Joseph R. Biden has approved his request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration due to the severe impacts of Hurricane Ida …
Associated Press:
Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside Politico's Billion-Dollar Drama — From “son of” to mogul in his own right: Robert Allbritton just became the unlikeliest winner of the new media sweepstakes. — I was sitting in a bar next to John Harris, a former national editor of The Washington Post.
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home. — Hundreds of students and alumni of American University of Kabul gathered at a safe house on Sunday and boarded buses in what was supposed to be a final attempt at evacuation on U.S. military flights, students and alumni said.
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Rockets Launched at Kabul Airport After U.S. Strikes — There were no casualties after the airport was defended by a counter-rocket system. On Sunday, a U.S. military drone blew up a vehicle full of explosives in Kabul. — Here's what you need to know:
CNN:
US carries out Kabul airstrike targeting suspected ISIS-K bomber posing ‘imminent’ threat to airport — (CNN)The United States carried out a defensive airstrike in the Afghan capital, Kabul, targeting a suspected ISIS-K suicide bomber who posed an “imminent” threat to the airport, US Central Command said Sunday.
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Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Appears to Have Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor — The reactor's apparent operations add to President Biden's foreign-policy challenges — North Korea appears to have resumed operation of its plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon in a move that could enable the reclusive country …
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91 — Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist. — Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards …
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Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
EU Set to Recommend Halting Nonessential Travel From the U.S. — The European Union action is in response to the increase in U.S. coronavirus cases — The European Union is set to recommend halting nonessential travel from the U.S. because of Covid-19, diplomats said on Sunday.
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Zoe Strimpel / Telegraph:
'The far Left have won and taken over America's elite institutions - we need to start again' — Journalist and culture war warrior Bari Weiss tells Zoe Strimpel her plan to help the US fight the ideological rot enveloping it — Bari Weiss has always seemed to be the sort of person …
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
As the Taliban Tighten Their Grip, Fears of Retribution Grow — Taliban leaders have promised amnesty to Afghan officials and soldiers, but there are increasing reports of detentions, disappearances and even executions. — ISTANBUL — When Taliban troops seized control of the Afghan capital two weeks ago …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Chris Wallace slams McConnell's desire for ‘full-scale war’ after he calls Afghanistan a ‘complete success’ — Fox News host Chris Wallace questioned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about his desire to fight an endless war in Afghanistan. — During an appearance on Fox News Sunday …
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New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Generator failure at Thibodaux hospital prompts scramble to move ICU patients — The partial loss of generator power Sunday at a Louisiana hospital in the path of Hurricane Ida sent doctors and nurses scrambling to keep patients breathing as they moved them to a different area.
Insider:
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author JD Vance is running for Senate as a savior of the Rust Belt. Insiders and experts say otherwise. … “I am not a senator, a governor, or a former cabinet secretary,” J.D. Vance wrote in the introduction of “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling son-of-the-Rust-Belt-made-good memoir published in 2016.
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Joe Biden ‘holds grudges’ and will punish Britain for Afghanistan criticism, allies say — British Cabinet insiders were quoted as suggesting the US president ‘looked gaga’ and described him as ‘doolally’ — Joe Biden “will remember” comments about his mental acuity emanating from senior figures …
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United States Department of State:
Joint Statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances — The text of the following statement was released initially by the Governments of the United States of America, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia …
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
98 Countries Pledge to Accept Afghans After U.S. Military Departs
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Wall Street Journal:
Trapped in Afghanistan, Rescued by Volunteers: How a Handful of Americans Freed 5,000 Afghans — From a lounge at the Willard Hotel in Washington, a group of men and women mobilized a global network to conduct a two-week military-style rescue operation — Zach Van Meter, a private-equity investor …
David Rothkopf / USA Today:
There's chaos and risk in Afghanistan exit, but Biden critics are getting it mostly wrong — We have no ongoing security interest in Afghanistan, and we don't send troops everywhere to protect women and human rights. We do that in other ways. — The intellectual dishonesty in critiques …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Former Israel ambassador joins U.S. Iran team — Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has joined the State Department's Iran team as a senior adviser, a senior State Department official tells Axios. — Why it matters: Israel is pressing the Biden administration to start discussing a …
Reed Galen / Miami Herald:
Florida's DeSantis has eye on presidency rather than COVID — There are two dates at the top of Gov. Ron DeSantis' head: June 17, 2022, and Aug. 23, 2022. These are, respectively, the filing deadline for Florida statewide office and the statewide primary election next year.
Adam Johnson / The Column:
On Afghanistan Withdrawal, NYT's Peter Baker Turns to Raytheon Board Member for Independent ‘Analysis’ — An object lesson in how routinely corrupt “national security” reporting is. — Imagine a world where reporters are prevented from seeking “expert”—ostensibly independent—analysis …
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