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Sen. Sasse: It Will Be A Disgrace If Americans Are Left Behind In Afghanistan
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska about the Biden administration's efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan ahead of the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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The U.S. Has 1 Week To Complete Its Evacuation Mission From Kabul
President Biden says he's determined to end the U.S. airlift by his Aug. 31 deadline. The Taliban are hardening their positions. They say Afghans will no longer be allowed to leave the country.
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Dorothy Parker's Journey Home To New York City Is Finally Over
The writer and civil rights supporter died in 1967. Her ashes spent years in a filing cabinet and at NAACP headquarters. Her family this week held a service at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.
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World War II Vet Celebrates His 100th Birthday By Jumping Out Of A Plane
Tom Rice parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. He celebrated his milestone birthday with another leap — jumping from a Douglas C-53 named D-Day Doll over his hometown of Coronado, Calif.
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Morning News Brief
August 31 remains as the deadline for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan. The Supreme Court orders the "Remain in Mexico" policy reinstated for asylum-seekers. A Democratic budget stalemate ends.
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Japan's COVID-19 Cases Rise As Paralympic Athletes Descend On Tokyo
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times, about Japan hosting the Paralympic Games amid the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games ended earlier this month.
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House Democrats Encourage Moderates To Pass Infrastructure Bill, Spending Package
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey about the small groups of House Democrats that object to their party's budget proposal.
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Lawmakers In The House Narrowly Approved A $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint
The approval of the budget resolution follows an impasse between House leaders and centrist Democrats that threatened to derail progress on the vast majority of President Biden's domestic agenda.
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An Afghan Interpreter Is Out Of Afghanistan, Along With His Family
An Afghan man by the name of "Reggie," who once worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military, describes to NPR's Steve Inskeep how he and his family recently escaped Afghanistan.
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U.S. Forces Continue To Evacuate Thousands Of Afghans Still In Kabul
Afghans who made it out are being taken to transit centers before going to a third country. One of those places is a U.S. air base in Qatar. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal.
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The First Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Guitar Is Up For Auction
This guitar was owned, customized and adored by Les Paul, who helped develop Gibson's solid body guitar in the 1950s. His signature models have been played by bands like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin
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Plants Modified With Human Protein FTO Are 50% Larger, Researchers Say
If people have too much of the protein, it can lead to obesity. The FTO technique could eventually help farmers grow more food — with the same resources — and without a larger carbon footprint.