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Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

President Joe Biden is in the midst of the roughest stretch of his presidency - with evacuation operations continuing through Tuesday in Afghanistan under the threat of further terrorist attacks - having failed to convince even members of his own party that he's on the right course.

In fact, there's uncommon cross-partisan agreement that withdrawing all U.S. troops by Aug. 31 could be a grave mistake. The percentage of Americans who…

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After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind



When it came to announcing that all U.S. troops had left Afghanistan, concluding America’s military ground presence there — and after 20 years the end to America’s longest war — word came not from President Joe Biden, who set the deadline, but from the top general overseeing the rushed and dangerous…

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Overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghans who aided US out: POLL

Overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghans who aided US out: POLL



With fewer than 4 in 10 Americans approving of President Joe Biden’s handling of Afghanistan, there is overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping U.S. troops in the country until all Americans and Afghans who aided the United States during the 20-year war have been evacuated, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll…

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Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

Ida strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Saturday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.



The storm is forecast to intensify and become a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday.

Currently, Ida is moving northwest at 16 mph and its center is located about…

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US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies



With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul’s airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the “Pineapple Express” to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety,…

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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic



WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the…

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US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies



With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul’s airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the “Pineapple Express” to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.…

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Biden briefed on US intel assessment of COVID-19’s origins

Biden briefed on US intel assessment of COVID-19’s origins

President Joe Biden has been briefed on a classified report from his intelligence community probing the origins of COVID-19, White House officials told ABC News.



As the assessment made its way to Biden’s desk, intelligence agencies were working in tandem to prepare an unclassified summary for public consumption, officials said.…

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Afghanistan updates: World Bank freezes aid after Taliban takeover



Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan’s government’s collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America’s 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule.

The U.S. has evacuated approximately 37,000 people since the effort began on Aug. 14, Pentagon officials said Monday, while reiterating their focus remains on maintaining the airport perimeter and increasing the…

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Biden holds firm on withdrawal, mulls extension in Afghanistan: The Note

Biden holds firm on withdrawal, mulls extension in Afghanistan: The Note

Chaos continues in Afghanistan as time is ticking on the evacuations of Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul ahead of the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, but President Joe Biden is now indicating the evacuation mission could be extended.



“There’s discussions going on among us and the military about…

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COVID-19 live updates: Hawaii governor urges tourists to stay away

The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads.



More than 629,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Just 60.2% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated…

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CIA warned of rapid Afghanistan collapse. So why did U.S. get it so wrong?

With U.S. officials struggling to explain why America’s longest war ended in chaos, a series of interviews revealed there’s plenty of blame to go around.



As the Taliban began seizing provinces across Afghanistan in recent weeks, the CIA’s intelligence assessments began to warn in increasingly stark terms about the potential for a rapid, total collapse of the Afghan military and government, current and former U.S. officials told…

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