In the news today: The House advanced an ambitious Democratic infrastructure bill today after negotiations with holdout Democrats, but the path ahead won't be an easy one. U.S. forces have now evacuated nearly 71,000 people from the Kabul airport; whether the August 31st target for full military withdrawal is kept or extended remains dependent on the pace of progress. The Republican-backed, bamboo-seeking Arizona election "audit" still hasn't produced an actual report, but there's a new excuse this time around: The core audit team now has COVID-19. Probably from inhaling too many bamboo fibers.
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• House advances infrastructure bills, sets ambitious and fraught deadline
• Meeting between CIA director and Taliban leader sends a message about deadline to leave Afghanistan
• Arizona fraudit report delayed when Cyber Ninjas fail to evade COVID-19
• With less than 10 ICU beds left, Mississippi finally enforces penalties for COVID-19 rule breakers
• 'We have never seen this kind of increase in people wanting to volunteer,' refugee advocate says
Trending from the community:
• COVID surge: Oregon
• BREAKING: New law in British Columbia, Canada bans unvaccinated from wide range of public activities
• R.I.P. Charlie Watts, Drummer for the Stones
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• House advances infrastructure bills, sets ambitious and fraught deadline
• Meeting between CIA director and Taliban leader sends a message about deadline to leave Afghanistan
• Arizona fraudit report delayed when Cyber Ninjas fail to evade COVID-19
• With less than 10 ICU beds left, Mississippi finally enforces penalties for COVID-19 rule breakers
• 'We have never seen this kind of increase in people wanting to volunteer,' refugee advocate says
Trending from the community:
• COVID surge: Oregon
• BREAKING: New law in British Columbia, Canada bans unvaccinated from wide range of public activities
• R.I.P. Charlie Watts, Drummer for the Stones