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Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans. Two primary anchors of the government's COVID protection package are ending or have recently ended.
3 years ago
ZEKE MILLER & DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
President Joe Biden will visit all three 9/11 memorial sites to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and pay his respects to the nearly 3,000 people killed that day.
Addressing the nation, President Joe Biden is defending the way the U.S. ended its 20-year “forever war” in Afghanistan. He called the military airlift to extract some 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies an “extraordinary success."
3 years ago
LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of Afghanistan on Monday, they left behind up to 200 Americans and thousands of desperate Afghans who couldn’t get out and now must rely on the Taliban to allow their departure.
Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops there this week that would represent "a moral stain" on the U.S.
President Joe Biden watched stoically as flag-draped cases carrying the remains of American service members killed in Afghanistan returned Sunday to the United States.
3 years ago
KATHY GANNON, LOLITA C. BALDOR, TAMEEM AKHGAR & JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press
A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said.
President Joe Biden vowed Saturday to keep up airstrikes against the Islamic extremist group whose suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed scores of Afghans and 13 American service members. He warned another attack was “highly likely” and the State Department called the threat “specific” and “credible."
A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper on Friday agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on the mandates is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.
3 years ago
ROBERT BURNS, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with a frantic evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed 12 U.S. service members and wounded at least 15.
U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot are suing former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups.
The House committee investigating the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is demanding a trove of records from federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee said he's not happy with the way the Afghanistan evacuation is going, and he believes the Aug. 31 deadline should be extended to get all U.S. citizens out and those Afghans who helped U.S. Troops.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and affirming that the U.S. will support its allies in the region against Beijing’s advances.
Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York on Tuesday, inheriting immense challenges as she takes over an administration facing criticism for inaction during Andrew Cuomo’s distracted final months in office.
3 years ago
ROBERT BURNS & DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
President Joe Biden says the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from Kabul has accelerated, but he is not ruling out extending it beyond the Aug. 31 deadline he set prior to the Taliban's stunning takeover of the country.
3 years ago
Robert Burns and Darlene Superville, Associated Press
President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it remains vulnerable to threats posed by the Islamic State extremist group.
3 years ago
ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA & ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
