© Getty Images | The Hill | | | Roughly 85,000 Afghans made it to the U.S. this year after they fled the country as the Taliban barreled across Afghanistan, capturing city after city until Kabul fell on Aug. 15, 2021. Since the last evacuation flight took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 30, 2021, Afghan evacuees have been undertaking the arduous work of rebuilding their lives. Many have spent months in military bases abroad only to then spend months in military bases on U.S. soil — meaning a year after the U.S. left Afghanistan, some evacuees are still in the early stages of getting settled into new jobs, homes, schools and lives. NOTE: This is the first installment in a three-part series on Afghan refugees marking one year since the U.S. withdrew its military from Afghanistan, ending its longest war. The series — Here, There, Everywhere — tells the story of life after the evacuation through the eyes of Afghan refugees in the U.S., vulnerable Afghans who have been unable to escape the country, and those refugees scattered across the globe. Read more here. | | | Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. | | | ✈️ Biden to visit Wisconsin, Pennsylvania for Labor Day
| President Biden will visit Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, two key swing states, to mark Labor Day next week, the White House has announced. | | | 🕌 White House: US intel review of Mar-a-Lago docs 'appropriate'
| The White House says it is not involved in the intelligence community's damage assessment of classified documents recovered from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate but agrees the review is "appropriate."
| | | 📝 DOJ finds 'limited' items covered by privilege at Mar-a-Lago
| The Department of Justice has completed an initial review of potentially privileged materials seized at Mar-a-Lago, the agency informed the court Monday, as former President Trump seeks to block the department from examining evidence collected at his home.
| | | 🚀 NASA pushing to retry Artemis launch Friday
| NASA officials said they are working on understanding and correcting the engine bleed failure that delayed the first test of the Space Launch System rocket on Monday and are pushing to retry the launch to the moon on Friday. | | | | | Our new YouTube channel posts rapid updates on the top story of the day, tracking key figures in politics and making sense of important policy decisions and how they impact your life. | | | 💨 Fetterman calls on Biden to move toward decriminalizing marijuana | Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman is calling on President Biden to deschedule marijuana, with a goal of ultimately decriminalizing the drug, ahead of Biden's visit to the state next week.
| | | 🍑 Judge delays Kemp testimony in Georgia probe until after midterms
| A judge has denied a motion from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to quash a subpoena requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference by former President Trump and his allies.
| | | 🏦 Roosevelt, Coleman among women honored in new coin designs
| The U.S. Mint on Monday announced coin designs for its five new honorees in the second year of its American Women Quarters Program.
| | | 📱 Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower ahead of trial
| Elon Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from Twitter's whistleblowing former security chief, who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.
| | | 🧑🏭 These are the hardest working states in America: report | | | 👀 Here's how much student loan forgiveness to expect and when | After months of anticipation, the Biden administration will soon begin forgiving millions of dollars in student loan debt. Up to 43 million borrowers are expected to receive relief, according to estimates from the White House.
| | | How the FBI bolstered its image in the 1950s | "The recent armed assault on the FBI's Cincinnati office by a right-wing insurrectionist, and his fellow travelers' social media salvos against the bureau for executing a lawful search warrant at Donald Trump's Florida estate, indicate that it's time to recall past efforts to shore up the agency's public image," writes Barbara A. Perry, professor at the University of Virginia. | | | 1625 K Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 | © 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. | | | |
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