Today is Wednesday, September 1st.

We'll tell you how President Biden is defending his decisions after America's longest

war came to an end.

Also, months of political drama has ended with a new Texas voting law, and our attitude

shifting, what new data shows about Americans and vaccines, plus new features for emergencies

may be coming to the iPhone, what's changing on your Facebook feed, and a hit pop song

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Now that all American troops are out of Afghanistan after a two-decade war, President

Biden is still adamantly defending the withdrawal.

In an address to the nation, he called the evacuation effort an extraordinary success, even

though more than 100 Americans and thousands of allies were left behind, and the Taliban

is now in control of the country there.

Biden says after two decades of war, it was inevitable that the final departure would

be difficult, with likely violence no matter when it was planned.

He also blamed former President Trump for negotiating the withdrawal deal with the Taliban

that he says boxed his administration in.

Until last week, no American troops had died in Afghanistan since February of 2020, around

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