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The House voted to approve a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, advance a bipartisan infrastructure bill and move forward with sweeping voting rights legislation.

The Taliban said Tuesday that the group will not accept an extension beyond the end of the month.

The World Bank has become the latest international organization to pause aid disbursements to Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover.

There are still several thousand Americans believed to be awaiting evacuation, according to the State Department.

Kathy Hochul, the first female governor of New York, delivered her first major address a day after Andrew Cuomo resigned over a sexual harassment scandal.

The remarks will be the president's third public address on the crisis in Afghanistan since the stunning Taliban take over.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's daughter-in-law is a top lobbyist at Biogen, which has recently been lobbying state lawmakers.

Centrist Democrats have pushed Pelosi to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the House passes a $3.5 trillion budget resolution.

The meeting came just one week ahead of the U.S.'s Aug. 31 deadline for the complete withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.

Biden has previously said he may consider extending the departure date past Aug. 31 but has yet to do so.

Some analysts have suggested Gazprom may be limiting its delivery of natural gas supply to Europe to support its case in starting flows via Nord Stream 2.

Vice President Kamala Harris said Beijing's actions in the South China Sea are "unlawful" and undermine international rules-based order.

Wall Street thinks moderates are bluffing and says investors should prep for both an infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.

Guo Wengui, a wealthy businessman critical of China's government, is accused of breaking state securities laws in a class-action lawsuit filed in Arizona.

President Joe Biden has previously said that he may consider extending the departure date past Aug. 31 but has yet to do so.

At least three babies have been born aboard U.S. evacuation flights out of Afghanistan, the U.S. commander overseeing the airlift said Monday.

The U.S. is coordinating with the Taliban as it works to evacuate tens of thousands of people out of Kabul's airport ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw.

Elsewhere, House Democrats said they "will be forced to consider other steps to obtain compliance" if Cyber Ninjas "continues to obstruct" their investigation.

The administration is considering extending the deadline for the complete troop withdrawal beyond its original Aug. 31 date, Biden said Sunday.

The Pentagon on Sunday said it activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, ordering U.S. airlines to provide flights for the Afghanistan evacuation.