1. Note: U.S. Only Made Kabul Evac Plans Day Before City Fell

ELEVENTH HOUR

The notes from a Situation Room meeting held less than 24 hours before the Taliban moved in show officials only beginning to reach out to local collaborators.

WORLD

2. Trump: Lindsey Graham, My Biggest Cheerleader, Is a RINO

FRENEMIES

After Graham said it would be “inappropriate” to pardon Capitol rioters, Trump replied, “Lindsey’s a nice guy, but he’s a RINO.”

POLITICS

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SCOUTED

4. Congressman Falls for Conspiracy That Trudeau’s Fled to U.S.

SO WRONG

Chip Roy seems to genuinely believe Canada’s PM has fled from anti-vax protests in his country.

POLITICS

5. Federalist Society Bars Media From Neil Gorsuch Remarks

BLACKOUT

But Ron DeSantis will be there.

POLITICS

6. A Vibrating Foam Roller Was the Answer to My Back Pain

HURTS SO GOOD

My sciatica is no match for this vibrating foam roller from Therabody

SCOUTED

7. Washington’s NFL Team Announces It Finally Has a New Name

REBRAND COMPLETE

The team’s owners reportedly wanted the new name to have a connection to the military.

ENTERTAINMENT

8. Riot Panel Is Now Probing Trump Plan to Seize Vote Machines

DIGGING DEEPER

The committee reportedly wants to figure out the extent of Trump’s direct involvement in the plan.

POLITICS

9. Simon Cowell Was Hospitalized After Second E-Bike Crash

AGAIN??

The TV contest judge has a metal rod in his back from his first crash, but he went riding without a helmet anyway.

ENTERTAINMENT

10. Tonga No Longer COVID-Free After Volcano Aid Deliveries

WALLS BREACHED

Tonga was one of the last nations that had managed to shut out the virus.

WORLD

11. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Tests Positive for COVID

GET WELL SOON

The No. 2 Democrat in the House said he has mild symptoms thanks to his vaccination and booster.

POLITICS

12. Georgetown Students Stage Sit-In Over Administrator’s Tweets

GET THEE GONE

Ilya Shapiro wrote that Biden’s SCOTUS nominee would be a “lesser black woman.”

U.S. NEWS

13. Feds Raid Top ICE Official’s House

KNOCK KNOCK

Vance Callender was appointed the head of Homeland Security Investigations for Michigan and Ohio, a division of ICE, in Jan. 2020.

U.S. NEWS

14. Cops Killed by Duo Who May Have Been Hiding Poaching: Police

‘DISTURBING AND RARE’

The assailants fled in a car later found by police to have been packed with dead wild animals.

WORLD

15. Meghan McCain Inserts Herself Into Whoopi Holocaust Mess

‘HEARTBROKEN’

The former co-host of “The View” couldn’t help but weigh in on Goldberg’s comments about the Holocaust and race.

MEDIA

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