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The President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani won a second term leading the country, an independent election commission announced Tuesday. However, Ghani’s opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, also claimed victory, which could threaten the country’s stability and the planned peace negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban, The Associated Press and The New York Times reported.   The contested election, […]

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler warned Tuesday that Democrats could face consequences at the ballot box if they don’t support nixing the legislative filibuster to pass a sweeping pro-union bill and other Democratic priorities.   “Workers want to hold elected officials accountable on an agenda that they voted for. Right now that agenda is being blocked by arcane rules in […]

The ghosts of the 2007 financial crisis are lingering over the Democratic presidential primary, reigniting the battles over Wall Street reform that divided the party more than a decade ago. Much of the fight is now centered on former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has steadily risen in the polls. In response, his progressive […]

Multiple airlines have canceled flights to and from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Ida, with cancellations set to stretch through Wednesday. Though the hurricane has caused little to no damage to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, nearly 197 flights scheduled to leave or arrive there on Wednesday have been scrapped. UPDATE: Airlines have cancelled all […]

An “unprecedented” power surge in New York disrupted the city’s subway system for hours on Sunday, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D). Hochul, during a news conference on Monday, said one half of the system “experienced an unprecedented system breakdown” that started with a report of a lost feeder at around 8:25 p.m. for a […]

Reducing global air pollution levels to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines would boost average life expectancy by 2.2 years, a new study has found. The average person is exposed to more than three times the air pollution deemed acceptable by the WHO — driving average life expectancy down from 74 to 72 years […]

U.S. cheese and wine businesses say they have taken a sharp hit from retaliatory tariffs between the Trump administration and Europe and fear there is no relief in sight. Industry groups and businesses have highlighted the first numbers since the tariffs took effect, showing rising costs for importers and a drop in exports. And those […]

The United Arab Emirates’ nuclear regulator approved a nuclear reactor Monday, paving the way for the first commercial nuclear power plant in an Arab nation. The Barakah reactor, run by a joint venture with Korea Electric Power Corp., is now free to begin loading fuel and eventually begin full commercial operation over the next several […]

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 sent letters to 35 different telecommunications and social media companies Monday, asking them to retain records of those who may have been involved in the attack on the Capitol — a group that likely includes lawmakers. The requests seek email and phone records as well as communications and other data […]

It’s Tuesday, welcome to Overnight Defense, your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. It’s a day after America’s longest war ended, but the debate over what went wrong and who’s to blame for the chaotic exit appears to be just heating up. And while […]