EVENT 1: Afghanistan: Evacuations; CIA Director Meets with Taliban Leader
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‘afghanistan, taliban, kabul airport, jen psaki, cia director, #afghanistan, american citizens, august 31st, afghan allies, kabul, afghan refugees’
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CIA Director William Burns held a secret meeting with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Monday https://t.co/wA0vcLGK9h
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2021
NEW: White House issues readout of Pres. Biden's meeting with G7 leaders on Afghanistan. https://t.co/kmDaHJVhYD pic.twitter.com/UOnTTUukKM
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 24, 2021
Airbnb to offer free temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban takeover https://t.co/ZfczoUFodL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2021
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EVENT 2: FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine
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‘vaccine, fda approval, fda, full approval, pfizer’
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Within hours, the Pentagon, CVS, the State University of New York system and the New York City school system announced that they would enforce mandates they had prepared but made contingent on the FDA’s action. https://t.co/yYBZospayI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2021
Vaccine terms explained: Efficacy vs. effectiveness, herd immunity and others https://t.co/NZariLvC2Q
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 4, 2021
Opinion: Pfizer’s vaccine is fully authorized. It’s time for excuses to end and mandates to start. https://t.co/sdsnoCobjt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2021
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EVENT 3: House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
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‘voting rights, john lewis, voting’
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North Carolina judges ordered the restoration of voting rights for thousands of people with a felony conviction in what advocates call the largest expansion of voting rights in decades in the state. https://t.co/SzKCYDqIIF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2021
Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He had also posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. This is how he found himself at the center of an ever-expanding conspiracy theory about the election — with no end in sight. https://t.co/FizYGVCklA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 24, 2021
Speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of House vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: "It's almost a religious experience because of the sanctity of the vote." https://t.co/2C2SvTqFTv pic.twitter.com/9XqzjWrQrU
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 24, 2021
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EVENT 4: House Passes Budget Resolution; Advances Infrastructure Bill
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‘infrastructure bill, budget resolution, trillion budget, reconciliation bill, bipartisan infrastructure, budget reconciliation’
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House passes $3.5 trillion budget plan, aims to vote on infrastructure package by late September https://t.co/KMixJXSHQ0
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2021