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National Review editor roasted for writing ‘fan fic’ about how Trump would have made the Taliban do his bidding

Although President Joe Biden made it clear from the outset that it was his decision to leave Afghanistan, the manner in which he did so was constrained to some extent by how former President Donald Trump cut a deal with

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Musk admits Full Self-Driving system ‘not great,’ blames a single stack for highway and city streets

It hasn’t even been a week since Tesla hosted its AI Day, a livestreamed event full of technical jargon meant to snare the choicest of AI and vision engineers to come work for Tesla and help the company achieve autonomous

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House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Act – NPR

House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Act  NPR House Democrats pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act  Fox News How the mess in Congress shows why Democrats are right to be freaking out  CNN NAACP: Voting rights are not a partisan issue. So why

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Bennett to US congressmen: Preventing a nuclear Iran is America’s interest

In bipartisan Zoom call ahead of Washington trip, prime minister says Israel will never ask for US troops to be sent to defend Jewish state, return to nuke deal no longer possible

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Does the U.S. have any leverage with the Taliban?

With the Afghanistan pullout deadline drawing near, some signs of progress were seen in the Afghan capital. 12,000 people were flown out of Kabul in the past 12 hours on U.S. and coalition flights. The U.S. has evacuated more than

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Does the U.S. have any leverage with the Taliban?

With the Afghanistan pullout deadline drawing near, some signs of progress were seen in the Afghan capital. 12,000 people were flown out of Kabul in the past 12 hours on U.S. and coalition flights. The U.S. has evacuated more than

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As Afghan women see shrinking public spaces, one activist reveals how the world can help

Afghan women and girls are anxiously waiting to see what their lives will look like under Taliban rule. Amna Nawaz speaks to Pashtana Durrani, founder and executive director of Learn, a nonprofit she created to ensure women and girls have

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As Afghan women see shrinking public spaces, one activist reveals how the world can help

Afghan women and girls are anxiously waiting to see what their lives will look like under Taliban rule. Amna Nawaz speaks to Pashtana Durrani, founder and executive director of Learn, a nonprofit she created to ensure women and girls have

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News Wrap: White House urges businesses, states to mandate vaccines

In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. public health leaders urged businesses and governments to impose vaccination mandates. The Paralympics opened in Tokyo despite Japan’s worst COVID surge yet. The death toll in Tennessee’s flood disaster was revised down to 18,

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Charlie Watts, legendary Rolling Stones drummer, dies at 80

Reluctant rock star had glittering 6-decade career; Watts and the Stones played Israel once, in 2014, when he also toured Western Wall and had crowd sing Happy Birthday in Hebrew

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