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Taliban Unveil New Afghan Government
KABUL—Four days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban…
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Student-loan borrowers have had $37 million in wages unfairly garnished, despite COVID-related pause on collections
Borrowers were still having their wages seized over defaulted student debt, months after the government instructed the student-loan industry to…
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Opinion | Reclaiming Our Independence From Big Tech
Google can swing an election. Facebook knows more about you than your spouse does. Amazon ’s Alexa can record your…
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Opinion | Identity Politics Goes Global
Preoccupied by the pandemic, climate change and the intensifying rivalry between the U.S. and China, policy makers and pundits aren’t…
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Opinion | Is Moderna the Tortoise in the Vaccine Race?
President Trump’s Operation Warp speed was often likened to the Manhattan Project, but this time the Americans and the Germans…
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Taliban Claim to Have Conquered Last Pocket of Resistance in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed Monday to have overcome the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, releasing images they said showed the…
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Opinion | BlackRock’s China Blunder
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has begun a major initiative in China. On Aug. 30 it launched a set…
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Military Faction Stages Coup in Mineral-Rich Guinea
A faction of Guinea’s military claimed to have taken charge of the mineral-rich nation on Sunday, as officers from an…
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Biden Administration Officials Head Abroad After U.S. Afghan Pullout
Top U.S. officials are headed to the Middle East as the Biden administration grapples for ways to continue getting American…
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Inside Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan: Warnings, Doubts but Little Change
In June, as security worsened in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan began to raise questions about the rapid pace…
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Congo Says Toxic Leak at Diamond Mine Part-Owned by Russia’s Alrosa Killed 12
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said a toxic-waste leak at a mine in neighboring Angola that is…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Launch Could Be Delayed for Many
Federal health officials are asking the White House to push back the start of a planned Covid-19 booster campaign, at…
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Opinion | Hurricane Ida Isn’t the Whole Story on Climate
Editor’s note: As November’s global climate conference in Glasgow draws near, important facts about climate change don’t always make it…
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Opinion | Where Your Taxes Went This Summer
Summer is for the beach, but the regulatory state never takes a holiday. In August alone, 7,492 pages were added…
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Opinion | Biden’s Dream of an IRS Strike Team
When President Biden talks of bulking up the Internal Revenue Service, he must be fantasizing about some kind of SEAL…
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Opinion | Homelessness Is Behind the Anger at Gavin Newsom
If California voters recall Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 14, homelessness will be a big part of the reason. According…
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WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Resuming Some Funding for Humanitarian Aid Efforts in Afghanistan
The Biden administration is restarting U.S. funding to humanitarian aid programs in Afghanistan that were halted after the Taliban took…
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Opinion | Try Spinning This
Another Portland, Ore., official quits after laboring to defend the indefensible. Source
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Opinion | Will New York Come Back? Will New Yorkers?
Like many New Yorkers, Eric Adams plans to head for a warmer climate this winter. But for him it’s a…
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Opinion | Colleges Violate Their Promises to Vaccinated Students
Colleges these days aspire to inculcate ethics and morals as well as knowledge. Yet many of them have gone all…
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