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It comes as countries scramble to get people out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline.

Secretary of State Blinken said the U.S. has been in direct contact with 500 Americans in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours but is unable to reach 1,000 others.

"It'll be over my dead body, because I'm going to do everything in our power to stop it," the Republican leader said on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

The police officer who fatally shot pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 at the Capitol will talk to NBC News' Lester Holt.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol demanded records related to at least 30 members of President Donald Trump's inner circle.

Nancy Pelosi took key steps toward passing infrastructure and budget bills, and Democrats aim to approve both in the coming weeks.

Since the mass evacuations began Aug. 14, approximately 82,300 people have been airlifted out of Afghanistan.

Hochul's administration acknowledged more Covid deaths in New York as part of a promise to offer more transparency after Cuomo left office.

The House voted to approve a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, advance a bipartisan infrastructure bill and move forward with sweeping voting rights legislation.

The Taliban said Tuesday that the group will not accept an extension beyond the end of the month.

The World Bank has become the latest international organization to pause aid disbursements to Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover.

There are still several thousand Americans believed to be awaiting evacuation, according to the State Department.

Kathy Hochul, the first female governor of New York, delivered her first major address a day after Andrew Cuomo resigned over a sexual harassment scandal.

The remarks will be the president's third public address on the crisis in Afghanistan since the stunning Taliban take over.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's daughter-in-law is a top lobbyist at Biogen, which has recently been lobbying state lawmakers.

Centrist Democrats have pushed Pelosi to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill before the House passes a $3.5 trillion budget resolution.

The meeting came just one week ahead of the U.S.'s Aug. 31 deadline for the complete withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.

Biden has previously said he may consider extending the departure date past Aug. 31 but has yet to do so.

Some analysts have suggested Gazprom may be limiting its delivery of natural gas supply to Europe to support its case in starting flows via Nord Stream 2.

Vice President Kamala Harris said Beijing's actions in the South China Sea are "unlawful" and undermine international rules-based order.