President Biden: “We delivered justice to Bin Laden a decade ago … since then, our reasons for remaining in Afghanistan have become increasingly unclear.”
President Biden announces withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan:
“I’m now the fourth United States president to preside over American troop presence in Afghanistan … I will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth … It’s time to end America’s longest war.”
President Biden says he spoke with former President George W. Bush about Afghanistan withdrawal: "We are absolutely united ..."
Former President Barack Obama announces his support for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Republican-led state legislatures nationwide are hard at work. Their focus? Stripping care from and denying rights to trans people.
240 discriminatory laws are currently up for consideration. Here’s a look at a few of them:
Texas, SB1646: TX is considering four anti-trans bills this week *alone.* This bill specifically forces parents to deny trans children gender-affirming health care or risk having their children taken away by the state. Actually.
Arkansas, HB1570: The Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act strips doctors of their license if they provide gender-affirming care. Gov. Hutchinson (R) vetoed it, to the surprise of many. But the legislature went right ahead and overrode that.
Brooklyn Center, MN, Mayor Mike Elliott announces the resignations of Kim Potter, the officer who killed Daunte Wright, and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon.
Brooklyn Center, MN, Mayor Mike Elliot announces the city council voted to:
• Bring command of police department under office of the mayor
• Relieve City Manager Boganey
• Pass resolution in support of relieving Police Chief Gannon and Officer Potter, who killed Daunte Wright
Black Lives Matter protester calls out the police and mayor of Brooklyn Center, MN:
“No more racial profiling … I’m sick and I’m tired and it’s people like you and you. You can look away all you want to … You can take the trash out, but it has a way of recycling itself.”
Procession for U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans, who died defending the Capitol during a car attack on April 2. Evans will lie in honor today.
Capitol Police Officer William Evans' casket is carried into the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in honor.
President Biden stops to speak to the family of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans before making remarks at his memorial service.
Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock announces the FDA and CDC are recommending a pause in the use of the J&J vaccine “out of an abundance of caution … due to reports of six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot following vaccine administration.”
CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat lists symptoms to look out for if you've already gotten the J&J vaccine, including:
• severe headaches
• abdominal or leg pain
• shortness of breath
She says the risk is "very low" if you were vaccinated more than a month ago.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on the recommended J&J vaccine pause due to rare blood clotting disorder in 6 recipients:
“There have been 6 out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than 1 in a million. So remember, this is something … really out of an abundance of caution.”
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) demands state legislature holds hearings about police reform following Daunte Wright killing:
“We can stop pretending that this is just the natural order of the universe and things happen this way.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “I’m not gonna stand here and tell ya that we all, city, county, states, nation, have made the necessary progress when we undoubtedly have not.”
Frey calls the killing of Daunte Wright “a careless and tragic mistake.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announces state of emergency and 7pm - 6am curfew following the police killing of Daunte Wright.