Vets Are Worried Their Afghan Allies Will Be Killed Before They Can Evacuate
The U.S. is evacuating thousands of people a day from Kabul, prioritizing Americans and citizens of NATO allies. The Taliban insist that all troops must be out of the country by the end of the month. ...
23 Aug 202115min
Why Didn't Biden Start Evacuating Americans Sooner? We Asked Him.
President Biden spoke about the situation in Afghanistan again Friday, emphasizing his commitment to evacuating all Americans and Afghan allies after the Taliban's swift takeover. NPR's Scott Detrow a...
20 Aug 202129min
Biden: Military Isn't The Way To Deal With Human Rights Issues
Frantic evacuations continue in Afghanistan as President Biden publicly defends the way in which the withdrawal of U.S. troops was conducted. And in an interview with ABC on Wednesday, Biden said that...
19 Aug 202114min
Election Officials Still Get Death Threats
The nation's top election officials met in Iowa last weekend. They discussed the ongoing challenge presented by false conspiracy theories pushed by Republicans about the presidential election.This epi...
18 Aug 202114min
Most Kids Still Can't Get The Vaccine. They Represent 18% Of New Cases.
Hospitals across the country are nearing capacity as they struggle to treat unvaccinated Americans. Children represent eighteen percent of all new cases, as parents and pediatricians push to get those...
17 Aug 202114min
Biden: Americans Shouldn't Die In A War That Afghans Aren't Willing To Fight
In a speech at the White House Monday, President Biden forcefully defended his decision to withdrawal from Afghanistan — rebuking the Afghan government for being unwilling to fight the Taliban and emp...
16 Aug 202114min
Weekly Roundup: August 13th
The unexpected announcement from the Pentagon comes as the Taliban is rapidly increasing their control over the country. And new census data out this week shows that the share of Americans who identif...
13 Aug 202125min
The Docket: Vaccine Mandates
In the latest installment of the Docket, our series on legal issues, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Carrie Johnson talk about vaccine mandates with Lindsay F. Wiley, a law professor at American Univers...
12 Aug 202118min
