Politics

• Our “kick me” president: Four takeaways from Biden’s first UN speech (Daily Signal) | Biden has lost all credibility on the world stage (RNC)

• Reporters stunned as British prime minister takes questions from media, but Biden refuses (Fox News)

• House passes bill raising debt ceiling and averting shutdown (Fox Business) | “The Squad” force Dems to spike $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome (New York Post)

Security

• Top Democrat pushes back on claim that Border Patrol agent swung “whip” while charging horse toward migrants (Daily Wire)

• Thousands of Haitians camped in Texas town being let into U.S. (Fox News) | Haitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus (Washington Examiner)

• Treasury sanctions first crypto exchange to fight ransomware attacks (Morning Brew)

ChiCom Chronicles

• U.S. government is buying risky Chinese drones (Axios)

• China is acquiring nuclear first-strike capability, ability to attack from space (Free Beacon)

• Evergrande veers toward default — and a $300 billion global shock (Washington Post)

• Xi Jinping vows to stop building coal power plants — abroad, that is (NPR)

Notables

• Stranger than fiction: The Taliban are now riding in swan boats with rocket launchers (Not the Bee)

• The Democrats’ dwindling 2022 map (Axios)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Did closing schools enhance health? (National Review)

• Policy: The pro-abortion case is based on bad science (National Review)

• Humor: Border Patrol loses horse privileges, must now bang two empty halves of coconuts together (Babylon Bee)

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