The Abbey gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan was hit by an explosion, the Pentagon confirmed.

washex.am/3zpQQ5q The explosion, which U.S. officials say was perpetrated by a suicide bomber improvised explosive device or "complex SBIED attack," was reported to be "large" in size.

Multiple casualties were reported following the explosion.

Vice President Harris blames misinformation for vaccine hesitancy.

"People may question the safety and the efficacy of the vaccine. They may have heard things that aren't quite true." Q: “Let’s just say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. Would you get it?”

Kamala Harris: “Well, I think that’s going to be an issue for all of us. I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump."

In this week's Washington Examiner magazine:

• Democrats' threat to blow up Congress
• Andrew Cuomo's worst nightmare
• Washington vs. the Majority

Plus: The STD pandemic, retro-dystopia, melancholy, and rum and Coca-Cola.

Read it here: washex.am/3eI7X9B Andrew Cuomo's worst nightmare:

Inside the story of how @JaniceDean's grief turned to rage and inspired her to get to the truth of New York's nursing home deaths.

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"They cut out everything that showed that their narrative was a piece of horse manure...

I know corporate media thinks that they can just run over people– you ain't running over this governor. I'm punching back."

@GovRonDeSantis slams the "smear merchants" in the media. A Democratic mayor in Florida defended Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing @60minutes of "intentionally false" reporting for suggesting DeSantis engaged in a "pay to play" scandal with the state's vaccine rollout.

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BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS

washex.am/39HDXcb The sleepy-looking downtown of McAllen would give passersby no reason to believe it is the epicenter of a border surge.

Here, a nightclub has been converted into a resting spot for migrant families. Officials are struggling to keep up with the surge.

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Ten people lost their lives on Monday when a gunman opened fire inside a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store.

Here's what we know about the victims of the Colorado shooting.
washex.am/3lVskmU Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, managed a shop in Boulder that sold yoga and festival clothing.

She rented a house near Boulder and had just gotten engaged. She had a Chihuahua called Opal.

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EXCLUSIVE from @NewsWriter2: 10,311 care workers who are forced to staff New York state group homes have been infected by COVID-19 in New York, killing 32.

washex.am/3eEsX2x Four NY senators have called on the chairman of the powerful Investigations and Government Operations Committee to begin an investigation into a deadly mandate of co-mingled COVID-19 residents in group homes, where 552 have died.

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The March for Life was canceled this year, but the March for Death has already taken place.

The riot cheered on by @TedCruz and @HawleyMO resulted in 5 deaths and the end of any chance Trump had to be remembered as a leader, writes @NoemieEmery1.

washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column… Trump will go down as the worst president —

Worse than those who failed to deal with slavery and the Depression.

Worse than President Richard Nixon and his break-in and cover-up.

Worse than President Bill Clinton and all of his interns.

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House Minority Whip @SteveScalise:

"You've got some of these governors across the country that are telling you that you can’t go to your local restaurant, yet they're going to their favorite restaurant...

Hypocrisy by these Democrat governors and mayors has to come to an end." Photos surface of maskless Newsom breaking own coronavirus restrictions to attend swanky party

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OUR VIEW:

The fears of many public health officials are becoming true, as all indications are that the U.S. is in the midst of a brutal surge.

Unfortunately, the U.S. enters this season with the public health community having squandered its credibility.
washex.am/38PanSi Early on, the American people were told that they had to go into lockdown for just a few weeks.

The purpose, everybody was told, was to “flatten the curve,” so there wasn’t a huge spike in cases at a given time that could collapse the medical system.

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.@sunny to @andrewcuomo:

"Few people have a better understanding of how to manage the pandemic than you do." Evidence of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s March 25 order mandating that nursing homes accept individuals diagnosed with the coronavirus has been deleted from the New York State Department of Health’s website.

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This week's Washington Examiner magazine is here:

•The Battle for Texas
•Students Left Behind
•Clint Eastwood, America's Most Unlikely Auteur

washex.am/3jvu0R3 Some pundits and a whole lot of excited Democrats project the Lone Star State is on the verge of going blue.

But the battle for Texas is likely to be a multiyear war of attrition that both parties are gearing up for, writes
@russell_nm.

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The Washington Examiner endorses @realDonaldTrump for president.

washex.am/2TvH4v8 His administration’s policy successes outweigh its failures. With the Abraham Accords, he proved you can advance Middle East peace while standing firmly with Israel.

He started treating Iran as the serious threat it is.

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.@susanferrechio discusses the media's treatment of the Steele dossier versus Hunter Biden's emails

SF: "Now we have ethics? Ohh ok."

@BrianStelter: "Don't you dare. Don't you dare act like newsrooms didn't have ethics in 2017 & 2018." Stelter also called @susanferrechio "bitter" about the Steele dossier during the exchange.

"I know you're bitter, I understand you have a lot of resentment..."

In this week's Washington Examiner magazine:

Are the wheels coming off? 2020 is proving harder than 2016 for @realDonaldTrump.

washex.am/31pNY9K Nearly everything that went right for Trump in 2016 has gone wrong this year, and he has dwindling opportunities to alter the dynamics of the campaign.

@jimantle explores the @realDonaldTrump's troubled reelection campaign.

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.@andrewcuomo: "There was never a directive that said: 'We will send COVID positive people back to nursing homes.'" Evidence Cuomo’s order mandating that nursing homes accept individuals diagnosed with the coronavirus has been deleted from the New York State Department of Health’s website.

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Several repeat Democratic candidates in high-profile races who lost their 2018 bids for Congress got direct financial help from a nonprofit organization in the form of an unusual “fellowship” during the interim period before they launched 2020 campaigns.

washex.am/3jCEUFo .@AmyMcGrathKY, @GinaOrtizJones, @danielfeehan, @rdhjr participated in the New Politics Leadership Academy.

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washex.am/3nq5Z0T Amy Coney Barrett is a brilliant judge and a lovely person, so Democrats are horrified.

@ishapiro explores what a Justice ACB would bring to the Supreme Court.
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It was a MESS to be sure.

How bad was it and what’s the state of the debates after, especially when so many Biden supporters are telling him not to bother with anymore? The MAG MEN are here to discuss!

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washex.am/2G9dSHo Trump has never been known to back away from a political fight, @jimantle writes.

Now he probably ends his term with the most consequential fight yet: SCOTUS.

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President Trump has nominated Amy Coney-Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Coney Barrett's nomination will tee up a bitter Senate confirmation process and will define the ideological dividing lines between Republicans and Democrats as the election campaign enters its final stretch.

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