The Hill Articles: September 5, 2021

Japan’s vaccine chief leading in polls for next prime minister UN will maintain aid to Afghanistan, Taliban says after meeting More than 7 million Americans to lose jobless benefits on Labor Day Expand your educational and professional options with these fantastic $15 eLearning bundles Tennis star Sloane Stephens on online abuse: ‘This type of hate is so exhausting’ At least 1,000 US schools have closed due to Covid since late July: report Five Navy sailors killed in helicopter crash identified Receive 15 bottles of expertly picked wine for less than $80 Democratic donors hesitant on wading into Florida midterm fights Biden granddaughter Naomi engaged Health officials halt World Cup qualifying match in Brazil Human Rights Campaign president refuses to resign despite link to Cuomo scandal Celebrating workers, unions and an opportunity for a sustainable future this Labor Day Tiananmen Square activists in Hong Kong flout police demands Hong Kong media company that resisted China’s control is shutting down Delivery of Boeing Dreamliners delayed again amid regulatory scrutiny: report Four dead, including infant, after shootout at Florida home Advocates push White House to nominate energy regulator UK minister says no decision yet on vaccines for healthy children Afghan opposition leader says he’s open to negotiations with Taliban State Department says it has no ‘reliable means’ to confirm if Taliban preventing Americans from leaving Afghanistan Biden calls for speaking out on anti-Semitism, reaffirming Israel bond in Rosh Hashanah message The debate we should be having about the Federal Reserve Blinken and Austin to visit Gulf and European allies to discuss failed Afghanistan war Republican-leaning independents now more likely to get vaccines: poll Army colonel in Guinea says government dissolved, borders closed GOP senator on Texas abortion law: Supreme Court will ‘swat it away’ when ‘it comes to them in an appropriate manner’ COVID-19 patent waiver challenges proliferate — and rightly so Tom Brady says he was diagnosed with COVID-19 after Super Bowl victory parade Knives taken off supermarket shelves in New Zealand after terrorist attack Supreme Court ruling on Texas abortion law rattles lawmakers Merkel endorses center-right candidate as successor in Germany Klobuchar points to Texas abortion law in discussing potential Breyer retirement Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico, headed to US Nothing to lose but your debt: What students can learn from labor organizers Klain estimates around 100 Americans still in Afghanistan Media’s Afghanistan ‘defeat’ — It’s only half the story 2021 climate disasters foreshadow future challenges for public health Sunday shows – Biden domestic agenda, Texas abortion law dominate Kentucky governor says COVID-19 situation is ‘dire’ Texas Democrat says ‘deadly consequences’ will come from state’s abortion bill Maryland governor: We’re getting ‘mixed messagings’ from Biden administration on boosters Director of Harvard Global Health Institute says we are ‘going to see more variants’ Fauci says Pfizer booster shot likely approved by Sept. 20, Moderna to follow Kinzinger knocks Texas abortion law component that allows people to ‘tattle’ One great foreign policy shortcoming: Mexico GOP hopes spending traps derail Biden agenda Klobuchar: Senate needs to eliminate filibuster to protect abortion rights McCaul says situation in Afghanistan is ‘worse’ than pre-9/11 because Taliban has US weapons The case for providing foreign aid to Afghanistan Biden adviser: ‘Full steam ahead’ on $3.5T package despite Manchin warning Top Biden aide: Administration will find ways to protect constitutional rights of women in Texas FEMA administrator says climate change impacts are ‘the crisis of our generation’ How will Biden’s Afghanistan debacle impact NASA’s Artemis return to the moon? Top GOP lawmaker says Taliban won’t let Americans leave from Afghanistan airport How America’s Afghanistan withdrawal puts the world at risk Arizona reporting more than 3,000 virus cases a day Keep the climate crisis on the front burner More Americans in new survey say they are at risk of getting sick from coronavirus Taliban special forces end protest march for women’s rights Those we lost in Afghanistan did not die in vain Domestic flights resume at Kabul airport Four critical questions on Afghanistan the Biden administration must answer Taliban say they have entered final holdout region Biden approval rating on COVID-19 down 10 points since late June: poll Nate Burleson makes leap from football to news with ‘CBS Mornings’ The most interesting trade dispute you’ve never heard of Congress braces for spending fights amid threat of government shutdown White House says ball is in Congress’s court on voting rights, abortion