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Rep. Tom Tiffany toured the base last week, and said he was alarmed to discover President Joe Biden’s statements of complete vetting were untrue.' The refugees, at least 3,000, at the base have no visas and haven’t undergone the standard vetting process.https://washex.am/3zHsx3a 

She called the Texas abortion law "highly punitive" and "unfair." The fund will cover the costs of employees and their dependents to seek out abortions outside of the Lone Star State.https://washex.am/3kQm9Ag 

Economists had projected that 750,000 jobs would be gained. Recent numbers show only 235,000. The economy is far from where it was before the health crisis when the unemployment rate hovered at about 3.5%. Now, it stands at 5.2%.https://washex.am/3tr32AV 

"You can't f*** up as bad as he did and say you're sorry," Roice said. "This did not need to happen, and every life is on his hands."https://washex.am/3DTXLqn 

The emergency supplemental bill is the largest-ever border security package of its kind. The $1.8 billion is in addition to the $1 billion that the Legislature approved this spring for border security operations over the next two years.https://washex.am/3BH5yG0 

With Sen. Joe Manchin now calling for a “strategic pause" on budget legislation, there is no way the bill will be ready by the end of the month, writes @ConnCaroll. "It is entirely possible Biden will see his domestic priorities go down in flames."https://washex.am/3DK35MN 

Administration officials directed federal agencies to wipe detailed lists outlining quantities or cost of U.S. military equipment and training to Afghan forces. Public links to reports about billions of dollars published by multiple agencies are now dead.https://washex.am/2YtuYst 

Johnson’s assessment puts pressure on Biden’s argument that they were blindsided by the Taliban’s victory, a claim that has been cited to explain miscalculations. “I think it’s been clear for many months that the situation could go very fast."https://washex.am/3yJQcP8 

After Texas's law went into effect earlier this week, Biden ordered the Justice Department and HHS to determine what steps the government can take "to ensure that women in Texas have access to safe and legal abortions."https://washex.am/3kLoJaM 

"The answer ‘we’re working on it’ isn’t the answer you can be giving to people who are being hunted.” This message underscores the anxiety felt by the thousands of Afghans left behind when U.S. forces ended their evacuation operation earlier this week.https://washex.am/3jKLJaJ 

The students who did not produce the necessary documentation did not receive medical or religious exemptions from getting vaccinated. This violated the school's vaccine mandate for staff and students, according to the website.https://washex.am/3DIrNx0 

Jorge Alonso Gutierrez pleaded guilty on April 28 to one count of conspiracy to traffic wildlife and one count of smuggling. One of the animals brought into the U.S. was a Central American river turtle, a species that is listed as endangered.https://washex.am/3h35Rmt 

"We had networks in place, and we were doing intelligence collections prior to, and we had people on the ground forward stage so they could actually do those missions." "We have no ability to do that anymore,..." said @DanCrenshawTX.https://washex.am/3BF1x4N 

What is likely to happen is that Congress will just appropriate the money needed to make the system whole from general funds, writes @ConnCarroll. "Which is essentially what has been happening anyway since the system began spending more than it took."https://washex.am/3yO5Xok 

Organizations in the United States have become increasingly worried about the effects of "cancel culture." Twitter's new tools are related to what it calls "social privacy" and will allow users to manage brands and identities on the platform better.https://washex.am/3DFYZW5 

With Sen. Joe Manchin now calling for a “strategic pause" on budget legislation, there is no way the bill will be ready by the end of the month, writes @ConnCaroll. "It is entirely possible Biden will see his domestic priorities go down in flames."https://washex.am/3tcjfK3 

Biden charged the Supreme Court with stoking "unconstitutional chaos" after the justices denied an emergency appeal from abortion providers to block the Texas law. He said the law "empowers self-anointed enforcers to have devastating impacts."https://washex.am/3n0z2dG 

Toomey said after what happened post-2020 election, he thinks Trump's behavior was "completely unacceptable," and he shouldn't lead the party in 2024. "The future of our party is to be a party of ideas, and not to be a party about any one individual."https://washex.am/2WL3jTn 

The process is extremely complicated, with even seasoned refugee organization leaders troubled by the complexities of the global process. Here's a breakdown of how it will work:https://washex.am/3h1IlX8