The Taliban have seized control of the Afghani capital Kabul and claimed victory.
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The Taliban on Sunday seized control of the Afghani capital Kabul and claimed victory.
Chaos and panic gripped the Kabul airport, where thousands of residents and foreign nationals tried to escape Afghanistan.
The Biden White House is under assault for the "operational failure" Afghanistan drawdown.
“The time to debate whether we stay in Afghanistan has passed, but there is still time to debate how we manage our retreat,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a Marine who served four tours in Iraq, said in a lengthy statement Sunday.
“For months, I have been calling on the Administration to evacuate our allies immediately. The fact that, at this hour, we have not even secured the civilian half of the Kabul airport is testament to our moral and operational failure."
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** Apprehensions at Border Reach 21-Year High
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 212,672 unauthorized immigrants at the Southern border in July, the most apprehensions in a single month since March 2000, when there were 220,063 apprehensions.
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According to CBP’s latest figures for the Southern border, the agency has conducted life-saving search and rescue efforts 10,275 times in the nine months of FY2021―more than the past two full fiscal years combined. In July, CBP conducted 1,083 life-saving search and rescue efforts.
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** What is Budget Reconciliation?
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Budget reconciliation is a fast-track process Congress can use to enact policies related to spending, tax revenues, the deficit, and/or the debt limit based on the fiscal goals included in a congressional budget resolution.
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** And, In The End...
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