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Biden's job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan: POLL

Biden's job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan: POLL

President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval of his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including a share of blame on Biden for conditions leading to last week's devastating Kabul airport attack.

Overall, in a sad coda to the nearly 20-year, $2 trillion effort, just 36% of Americans say the war was worth…

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Added by si mbah on September 3, 2021 at 11:10am — No Comments

Biden’s job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan: POLL

Biden's job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan: POLL

President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval of his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including a share of blame on Biden for conditions leading to last week's devastating Kabul airport attack.

Overall, in a sad coda to the nearly 20-year, $2 trillion effort, just 36% of Americans say the war was worth…

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Added by si mbah on September 3, 2021 at 10:52am — No Comments

Ida updates: Death toll rising in Northeast after catastrophic flooding 2021

Ida updates: Death toll rising in Northeast after catastrophic flooding

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped flooding rain, spawned tornadoes across the Northeast and caused dozens of deaths in areas where the storm landed.

So far in the Northeast, at least 46 deaths have been attributed to the storm. Overall, there have been at least 59 deaths across eight states related to Ida.

President Joe Biden approved New York and New Jersey emergency declarations due to the storms and…

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Added by si mbah on September 3, 2021 at 3:49am — No Comments

Ida updates: Death toll rising in Northeast after catastrophic flooding

Ida updates: Death toll rising in Northeast after catastrophic flooding

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped flooding rain, spawned tornadoes across the Northeast and caused dozens of deaths in areas where the storm landed.

So far in the Northeast, at least 46 deaths have been attributed to the storm. Overall, there have been at least 59 deaths across eight states related to Ida.

President Joe Biden spoke on Ida's damage in the Northeast Thursday afternoon, citing that New…

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Added by si mbah on September 2, 2021 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Ida updates: 5 found dead in New Jersey apartment

Ida updates: 5 found dead in New Jersey apartment

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped flooding rain, spawned tornadoes across the Northeast and caused at least 22 deaths in areas where the storm landed.

A flash flood emergency was declared for the first time in New York City as subway stations were turned into waterfalls and Midtown streets became rivers. New York City also declared a state of emergency, and as of Thursday morning, at least eight people have died due to the…

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Added by si mbah on September 2, 2021 at 10:22am — No Comments

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana as a fierce Category 4 storm Sunday, leaving whole towns flooded along the coast and New Orleans still entirely in the dark.

Over 1 million customers remain without power in Louisiana, as of Tuesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us, as well as over 41,000 in Mississippi.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said during a news conference Tuesday evening that the city…

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Added by si mbah on September 1, 2021 at 12:32am — No Comments

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana as a fierce Category 4 storm Sunday, leaving whole towns flooded along the coast and New Orleans still entirely in the dark.

Over 1 million customers remain without power in Louisiana, as of Tuesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us, as well as over 41,000 in Mississippi.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said during a news conference Tuesday evening that the city…

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Added by si mbah on September 1, 2021 at 12:11am — No Comments

Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

President Joe Biden is in the midst of the roughest stretch of his presidency - with evacuation operations continuing through Tuesday in Afghanistan under the threat of further terrorist attacks - having failed to convince even members of his own party that he's on the right course.

In fact, there's uncommon cross-partisan agreement that withdrawing all U.S. troops by Aug. 31 could be a grave mistake. The percentage of Americans who…

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Added by si mbah on August 31, 2021 at 9:45am — No Comments

Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

Biden loses his base on Afghanistan: The Note

President Joe Biden is in the midst of the roughest stretch of his presidency - with evacuation operations continuing through Tuesday in Afghanistan under the threat of further terrorist attacks - having failed to convince even members of his own party that he's on the right course.

In fact, there's uncommon cross-partisan agreement that withdrawing all U.S. troops by Aug. 31 could be a grave mistake. The percentage of Americans who…

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Added by si mbah on August 31, 2021 at 9:25am — No Comments

After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

When it came to announcing that all U.S. troops had left Afghanistan, concluding America's military ground presence there - and after 20 years the end to America's longest war - word came not from President Joe Biden, who set the deadline, but from the top general overseeing the rushed and dangerous evacuation.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, spoke to reporters from Central…

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Added by si mbah on August 30, 2021 at 10:01pm — No Comments

After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

After 20 year, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

When it came to announcing that all U.S. troops had left Afghanistan, concluding America's military ground presence there - and after 20 years the end to America's longest war - word came not from President Joe Biden, who set the deadline, but from the top general overseeing the rushed and dangerous evacuation.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, spoke to reporters from Central…

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Added by si mbah on August 30, 2021 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghans who aided US out: POLL

Overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghans who aided US out: POLL

With fewer than 4 in 10 Americans approving of President Joe Biden's handling of Afghanistan, there is overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping U.S. troops in the country until all Americans and Afghans who aided the United States during the 20-year war have been evacuated, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.

Although President Joe Biden has held firm that all U.S.…

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Added by si mbah on August 30, 2021 at 7:48am — No Comments

Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

Ida strengthens into Category 2 hurricane: Latest forecast

Ida strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Saturday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

The storm is forecast to intensify and become a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday.

Currently, Ida is moving northwest at 16 mph and its center is located about 200 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana.

The National…

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Added by si mbah on August 28, 2021 at 10:37pm — No Comments

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.

Moving after nightfall in near-pitch black darkness and extremely…

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Added by si mbah on August 28, 2021 at 9:10am — No Comments

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.

Moving after nightfall in near-pitch black darkness and extremely…

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Added by si mbah on August 28, 2021 at 8:46am — No Comments

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus…

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Added by si mbah on August 27, 2021 at 11:35pm — No Comments

ts carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.

Moving after nightfall in near-pitch black darkness and extremely…

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Added by si mbah on August 27, 2021 at 8:21am — No Comments

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies

With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the "Pineapple Express" to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety, members of the group told ABC News.

Moving after nightfall in near-pitch black darkness and extremely…

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Added by si mbah on August 27, 2021 at 7:56am — No Comments

Biden briefed on US intel assessment of COVID-19's origins

Biden briefed on US intel assessment of COVID-19's origins

President Joe Biden has been briefed on a classified report from his intelligence community probing the origins of COVID-19, White House officials told ABC News.

As the assessment made its way to Biden's desk, intelligence agencies were working in tandem to prepare an unclassified summary for public consumption, officials said.

The delivery of the assessment met the deadline for Biden's 90-day deeper dig into the virus'… Continue

Added by si mbah on August 26, 2021 at 3:40am — No Comments

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