带走阿维·哈珀
在对处理该问题的强烈反对声中部队撤离塔利班接管了阿富汗总统先生乔·拜登认为过去几天的骚动是不可避免的。
拜登对美国广播公司新闻记者乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯说:“这种想法认为，不管怎样，总有办法摆脱混乱，我不知道这是怎么发生的。”在独家采访中。
拜登表示情报调查围绕这个话题会发生，但没有说情报是错误的。拜登还否认了高级军事顾问对他的撤军时间表发出警告的报道。
拜登为其政府的行为辩护时，大量美国人和阿富汗文职人员难以接近喀布尔机场，逃离这个饱受战争蹂躏的国家。
“我们将尽我们所能继续努力减少冲突，为他们到达机场创造通道。我没有能力走出去，将目前的行动扩展到喀布尔，”国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀周三对记者说。
疏散工作的进展仍不明朗。在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时，拜登确信在阿富汗的美国人和美国军人将被带离该国，但似乎对此不置可否有多少阿富汗盟友美国将能够拯救。另一个未知因素是撤离能否在8月31日的最后期限前完成。拜登提出了一个警告，那就是不太可能舒服地上的那些恳求撤离。
拜登说:“这取决于我们在哪里，以及我们是否能够将这些数字增加到每天5到7，000个。”。“如果是这样的话，他们都会出局。”
与...的关系亚里沙·维尔塞马
本月，拜登第二次抨击了那些阻碍各州掩蔽和疫苗授权的州长。在周三白宫发表的讲话中，拜登明确表达了对这些行动的不满危及学生他们还没有接种疫苗，但正在恢复面对面的学校教育。
“一些政客为了自己的政治利益，试图将公共安全措施——即儿童在学校戴口罩——变成政治纠纷。一些人甚至试图通过禁止在学校戴口罩来剥夺当地教育工作者的权力。他们正在设定一个危险的基调，”拜登说。
总统宣布他正在导演教育部长米格尔·卡多纳利用“法律行动，如果合适的话，针对那些试图阻止和恐吓当地学校官员和教育工作者的州长。”
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)最近宣布，该州可能会扣留教育官员的工资，这些官员无视他禁止在学区戴口罩的命令。在得克萨斯州，一系列关于掩盖授权的斗争正在创造一个之间的法律冲突当地官员和格雷格·阿博特州长，他的艾滋病检测呈阳性冠状病毒星期二。
总统说:“如果一个州长想削减一个在教室里需要戴口罩的勤奋教育领袖的工资，那么来自美国救援计划的钱可以用来支付那个人100%的工资。
白宫也宣布了疫苗授权给在接受联邦资助的疗养院工作的员工。据白宫称，新规定将影响全国15000多家养老院。
小费梅格·坎宁安
加州罢免案中的共和党挑战者试图保持统一召回加文·纽瑟姆州长，但纽森和那些想赶他下台的人都有一个对手拉里·埃尔德。
尽管这个由两部分组成的问题意味着两位候选人没有正式竞争，但一些共和党顶级竞争者选择在a他没有参加的辩论周二晚上在萨克拉门托。
前圣地亚哥市长凯文·福尔克纳强调了艾尔德在2000年的一篇文章中写的评论，他在文章中说“女性对……知之甚少”政治和时事。福尔克纳表示，这些言论是“站不住脚的”。
Elder进入召回领域相对较晚，但很快在拥挤的候选人中成为领跑者。考克斯、福尔克纳和基利将在周四晚上再次辩论。艾尔德和凯特琳·詹娜拒绝参与在任何辩论中。
Biden doubles down on Afghanistan amid struggling evacuation effort: The Note
The TAKE withAveri Harper
Amid intense backlash on the handling of thetroop withdrawaland the Taliban takeover ofAfghanistan, PresidentJoe Bidenargued that the commotion of the past few days was inevitable.
"The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens," Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulosin an exclusive interview.
Biden indicated aninvestigation of the intelligencesurrounding the topic would take place, but stopped short of saying that the intelligence was wrong. Biden also denied reports that top military advisers warned against his withdrawal timeline.
Biden's defense of his administration's actions come as significant numbers of Americans and Afghan civilian personnelstruggle to accessthe Kabul airport and escape the war-torn nation.
"We're going to do everything we can to continue to try to deconflict and create passageways for them to get to the airfield. I don't have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul," Secretary of Defense General Lloyd Austin said to reporters Wednesday.
Much about the progress on evacuation efforts remains murky. In his interview with ABC News, Biden was certain that Americans in Afghanistan and American military members would be taken out of the country but seemed noncommittal onhow many Afghan alliesthe U.S. would be able to rescue. Another unknown is if evacuations can realistically be completed before the Aug. 31 deadline. Biden offered a caveat that isunlikely to comfortthose on the groundpleading to evacuate.
"It depends on where we are and whether we can get -- ramp these numbers up to five to 7,000 a day coming out," Biden said. "If that's the case, they'll all be out."
The RUNDOWN withAlisa Wiersema
For the second time this month, Biden slammed governors who are blocking masking and vaccine mandates in their states. In remarks delivered from the White House on Wednesday, Biden specifically sounded off about those actionsendangering studentswho are not yet vaccinated but are returning to in-person schooling.
"Some politicians are trying to turn public safety measures -- that is children wearing masks in school -- into political disputes for their own political gain. Some are even trying to take power away from local educators by banning masks in school. They are setting a dangerous tone,"Biden said.
The president announcedhe is directingEducation Secretary Miguel Cardona to utilize "legal action, if appropriate, against governors who are trying to block and intimidate local school officials and educators."
Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced that the state could withhold the salaries of education officials who ignore his order banning mask mandates in school districts. In Texas, a series of battles over masking mandates are creating alegal crossfire betweenlocal officials and Gov. Greg Abbott, who tested positive for thecoronaviruson Tuesday.
"If a governor wants to cut the pay of a hardworking education leader who requires masks in the classroom, the money from the American Rescue Plan can be used to pay that person's salary 100 percent," the president said.
The White House also announced avaccine mandatefor staff working at nursing homes that receive federal funding. According to the White House, the new regulation would affect more than 15,000 nursing homes across the country.
The TIP withMeg Cunningham
The Republican challengers in California's recall haveattempted to stay unifiedin recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom, but both Newsom and those who want to oust him have an opponent in Larry Elder.
Although the two-part question means the candidates are not officially running against each other, some of the top Republican contenders chose to single out Elder at adebate he did not attendTuesday night in Sacramento.
Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer highlighted comments Elder wrote in a 2000 article, where he said that "women know less" aboutpolitics and current events. Faulconer said the remarks were "indefensible."
Elder was a relatively late entry into the recall field, but quickly became a front-runner in a crowded field of candidates. Cox, Faulconer and Kiley will debate again Thursday night. Elder and Caitlyn Jennerdeclined to participatein any debates.
