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President Biden tours Hurricane damage in Louisiana; Source: WH may have to scale back ambitious booster plan; Job growth slows as delta variant surges; Sep 03, 2021

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800K+ homes, businesses still without power in Louisiana; Louisiana grappling with power outages, fuel shortages; 2/3 of gas stations in New Orleans & Baton Rouge out of fuel; Heat index tops 100° in Louisiana as 800K+ are without power; Four nursing home patients die after being evacuated; LA gov pledges investigation into nursing home residents deaths; At least 50 killed in the northeast due to flooding, tornadoes;

Sources: booster rollout on Sept 20 may be for just Pfizer vaccine recipients, Moderna recipients would have to wait; Moderna: booster data submission to FDA completed; Biden’s leadership tested this week: COVID, Afghanistan, deadly storms; U.S. adds 235,000 jobs in August, far fewer than expected; Manchin calls for “pause” on democrats $3.4T reconciliation bill;

Evolution of Wisconsin’s GOP senator into a conspiracy promoter; GOP Wisconsin senator losing support amid his conspiracies & lies; GOP Wisconsin senator hasn’t said if he’ll run for re-election in 2022; Potential 2022 challengers take aim at WI GOP senator’s rhetoric;

Biden speaks after touring Hurricane IDA damage in Louisiana;

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Unprecedented rain & flooding kill at least 23 in Northeast; Possible tornado damage outside Philadelphia; Biden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana tomorrow; U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion ban Sep 02, 2021

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Homes underwater, transit shut down as Ida hits Northeast; Rescues ongoing as rivers burst at banks, spill into towns; NYC suburb: 200+ stranded cars block major parkways; County Exec: At least 3 dead in Westchester County, NY; Philadelphia's Schuylkill river swell 16 feet above flood level; Officials estimate thousands rescued from NE floodwaters; More than 900k still without power across Louisiana; Sotomayor: Some justices "Opted to bury their heads in the sand" over Texas abortion law; Biden condemns Supreme Court ruling on TX abortion ban; U.S. Supreme court opens path for end of Roe V. Wade; Biden directs "Whole-of-government" response to Texas law; Mask debate turn usually-quiet school board meetings int shouting matches, fights nationwide; School board member gets death threats from anti-maskers; CDC: Cases & hospitalizations much lower among children in communities with high vaccination rates; Fauci: FDA should have data on vaccines for children under 12 by end of the month; More than 80% of Americans have some immunity to covid, blood survey finds

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Official: “majority" of Afghan visa applicants left behind; Food, water, gas scarce, nearly 1m in Louisiana without power; Child Covid-10 hospitalizations in U.S. reach new high Sep 01, 2021

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Officials: WH plans to shift focus away from Afghanistan; Social media video appears to show Taliban parading military vehicles taken from retreating Afghan forces; Top U.S. general says he feels “pain and anger” over Afghanistan; Book reveals Dick Cheney was nearly assassinated by Taliban; FEMA: $5m+ in assistance now approved for hard-hit households; Nearly 50% of gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge almost out of fuel; Louisiana governor: 220+ Covid deaths in last four days; Child Covid-10 hospitalizations in U.S. reach new high; 30-40 mph winds & dry air fuel wildfire near Lake Tahoe

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Biden: "It was time to end this war"; White House briefing following Biden's address on Afghanistan; One-on-one with Biden's National Security Adviser; Five people killed in storm, Louisiana Gov. expects death toll to rise Aug 31, 2021

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Biden: Will get remaining Americans out "if they so choose"; Biden: "I take responsibility for the decision" to withdraw; Biden: Couldn't stay in Afghanistan indefinitely because "everything had changed" after Trump's deal with Taliban; Biden: "To those asking for a third decade of war, I ask: 'What was our vital national interest?'"; Biden: "I was not going to extend this forever war"; Biden: Choice was "Between leaving or escalating"; Biden: 90% of Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan did; Biden: August 31 "Was not an arbitrary deadline.... it was to save American lives"; Biden: "I respectfully disagree" that evacuation should have begun earlier; Biden: Afghanistan war "Should have ended long ago"; Biden: "The war in Afghanistan is now over"; Biden: Must defense U.S. from threats in 2021 and beyond, not from 2001; Biden: "Don't need to fight a ground war" In Afghanistan any more; Biden: We believe 100-200 Americans still want to leave Afghanistan; Biden: Taliban said "All bets were off" If U.S. stayed past 8/31; Biden: Choice was "Between leaving or escalating"; White House briefing on Afghanistan, Hurricane recovery; White House Briefing following Biden speech declaring "The war in Afghanistan is now over"; Biden: "We can never repay" 13 troops killed din ISIS attack; 1M+ without power, drinking water limited, cell service down; Power outages put strain on critical services; long lines for gas, generators, food, water; 1M+ without power with days of 100-degree heat in forecast; Report: Most oil and natural gas production offline in Gulf coast; CNN one-on-one with controversial GOP front-runner Larry Elder; GOP front-runner Larry Elder falsely says young people don't contract covid, don't need to be vaccinated; GOP fron-runner Larry Elder draws scrutiny for past comments on women, race, and sexual assault

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Pentagon: last U.S. military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States’ longest war; Rescues underway as flooding inundates Louisiana towns Aug 30, 2021

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U.S. races to complete evacuation as deadline looms; Parts of Louisiana unreachable, extent of Ida’s damage unclear; Energy company: 2k+ miles of transmission lines out of services, 1m+ customers have no power; Pentagon: every single U.S. service member is out of Afghanistan

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Evacuations continue after 13 U.S. service members killed Aug 28, 2021

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WH: Working with the Taliban is a “necessity” for evacuations; Biden: “There may have been” list of evacuee names provided to Taliban; ISIS-K claims attack that killed 13 U.S. troops, 170+ Afghans; Surge in Covid cases puts strain on hospitals across U.S.; Judge rules against FL governor’s ban on school mask mandates; School mask rules challenged in Florida, Missouri, Texas; CDC report: unvaccinated, unmasked teacher infected nearly half of a class; U.S. intelligence report inconclusive on Covid-19 origins, CDC warns of “rapid increase” in use of drug for livestock; Inside Mississippi hospital stretched to the brink amid Delta surge; VP Harris cancels plans to campaign with dem Gov. Newsom; Report: Dems outpace GOP in submitting early recall ballots; GOP recall candidate Larry Elder under police investigation; Police investigating 2015 domestic violence accusation against Larry Elder, the leading GOP candidate in recall

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Pentagon: 12 U.S. service members killed, 15 wounded in Kabul attacks; ISIS-K claims responsibility for attacks near Kabul airport; Biden raised alarm on potential attack in Kabul multiple times Aug 26, 2021

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Journalist in Kabul feel another explosion; Centcom Commander: “Very, very real” specific threats of more attacks; Defense Sept. “Continuing” mission to evacuate Americans & Afghans; Centcom commander: “We expect attacks to continue”; Pentagon: Two suicide bombers, ISIS gunmen attacked airport & hotel

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State Dept: up to 1,500 Americans still may need evacuation; U.S. concerned about possible ISIS-K attacks on Kabul airport crowds; Report: 180k+ pediatric Covid cases, surge 4x in one month; Thousands evacuated as California fire engulfs more than 120k acres Aug 25, 2021

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U.S. Defense official: “very specific threat stream” on ISIS-K attacks planned against crowds outside Kabul airport; U.S. concerned about possible ISIS-K attacks on Kabul airport crowds; Pentagon: 19,000 evacuated from Afghanistan in the past day; Pelosi & other lawmakers criticize unauthorized Afghanistan trip by two members of Congress; Blinken: U.S. in contact with 500 Americans who want to get out of Afghanistan, may be 1k+ more; Delta Airlines to charge unvaccinated employees $200 a month; Democratic support for CA Gov. Newsom is dwindling

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Pentagon: 21,600 evacuated in last 24 hours, a new daily high; CDC study: vaccines less protective against Delta variant, but still reduce risk of severe infection by two-thirds; House votes to pass Biden’s $3.5T budget framework; Aug 24, 2021

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Taliban: Afghans will not be allowed to leave the country; Taliban: airport roads closed to afghans, open for foreigners; State Dept: thousands of Americans waiting to be evacuated; Defense officials: first U.S. troops have started leaving Afghanistan; U.S. has evacuated 4,000 American passport holders & their families; Biden won’t extend Aug. 31 deadline to leave Afghanistan;

Fauci: U.S. could have pandemic under control by spring 2022 if eligible people get vaccinated; Vaccine mandates move ahead after FDA approval of Pfizer shot; U.S. surgeon general: decision on vaccines for young children expected by end of 2021; TX mom shares her daughter’s final message before dying from COVID; New study: unvaccinated 29X more likely to be hospitalized; Oregon governor announces new statewide outdoor mask mandate;

House votes to pass Biden’s $3.5T budget framework; Pentagon acknowledges sanitation concerns at base taking in evacuees; Pentagon: unsanitary conditions at base “improving” but not perfect; FAA warns travelers “unruly behavior doesn’t fly”; FAA waring: unruly behavior distracts pilots;

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FDA approves Pfizer vaccine, paying way for more mandates; Pentagon: 16,000 evacuated from Kabul within last 24 hours; U.S. officials worry terror groups inspired by Taliban victory; Aug 23, 2021

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Biden encourages hesitant Americans to get their shot today; Pentagon to make vaccines mandatory for troops after FDA approval of Pfizer; Florida records most deaths in a week, COVID cases top 3 million; Miami-Dade begins classes with mask mandate, defies FL governor; As hospitalization rates soar, FDA approves Pfizer vaccine; Pfizer working on plans to advertise its approved vaccine; NYC mandates vaccine for all public school employees;

U.S. prioritizing evacuations of Americans out of Kabul; Afghan allies told to stay away from airport today; Pentagon: “trying” to meet Aug 31 withdrawal deadline; Afghan soldier killed by gunfire outside Kabul airport; State Dept: “several thousand” Americans still trying to leave; Biden’s national security adviser: ISIS threats against the Kabul airport are “real” and “acute”; Pentagon: 3 babies born during Kabul evacuation missions; WH: “irresponsible to say Americans are stranded” in Afghanistan; Biden: discussions ongoing to leave troops past Aug. 31 deadline;

Sullivan: we can suppress terrorism without permanent presence; Officials watching for signs of recruitment among terror groups; Source: thousands of Afghan staff for U.S. embassy remain trapped in country and were “screwed over”;

Controversial company conducting AZ audit delays release after members of staff test positive for COVID; House Democrats: GOP-led Arizona audit sought to promote the big lie, compromised election integrity;

Flash flooding in Tennessee leaves 21 dead;

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