Afghanistan Update

• State Department blocking private rescue flights from leaving Afghanistan, organizers claim (Fox News)

• Republicans demand answers over screening of Afghans brought to U.S. (Washington Times)

• Afghan women demand rights as Taliban seek recognition (AP)

• European Union to reestablish diplomatic presence in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan (Breitbart)

National Security

• Mexico breaks up sizable migrant caravan reportedly by force (Washington Times)

• A project in El Salvador shows how China is exerting growing power in America’s backyard (NBC News)

Economy

• Half of small businesses have unfilled positions (Bloomberg)

• Global natural gas price surge threatens to dent economic recovery (Bloomberg)

• Until 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high (AP)

• Four-day workweek gains traction despite pushback (Washington Times)

• El Salvador will become the first country to accept bitcoin as currency (Fast Company)

Around the Nation

• Portland — a city descending into anarchy — to ban state travel to Texas, which the incompetent mayor says forces “people to carry pregnancies” (Daily Wire)

• And here we thought all that election software stuff had already been fact-checked… Experts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall (AP)

Notables

• Navy identifies five sailors who died in helicopter crash outside San Diego (Navy Times)

• Soldiers detain Guinea’s president, dissolve government (AP)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Long-term care needs reform, not more money (National Review)

• Policy: Free trade and clean energy go together (Daily Signal)

• Satire: Racist Democrats desperately try to prevent black man from becoming governor of California (Babylon Bee)

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