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Terrorist explosions outside Kabul’s international airport on Thursday that wounded Americans came after days of public and private warnings from President Joe Biden of a potential attack that could disrupt the massive airlift effort underway there.

Some Afghans fleeing their home country have arrived in the United States without paperwork amid the rapid pace of evacuations, according to two sources familiar with the situation, prompting additional screening and causing long delays.

During a press briefing Monday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan suggested a slowdown in approvals for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program during the Trump administration contributed to the current delays in evacuating Afghans.

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack requested a massive tranche of documents from several US government agencies — signaling they intend to undertake a sprawling probe of security failures and attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

An explosion was reported at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, according to two US officials.

A federal judge ordered sanctions Wednesday for Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and several other lawyers who worked on Trump-aligned lawsuits seeking to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack requested a massive tranche of documents from several US government agencies — signaling they intend to undertake a sprawling probe of security failures and attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

When it comes to holding the January 6 US Capitol rioters to account, the Justice Department has plenty of tools in its prosecutorial toolbox — and plenty of critics who have questioned whether they are prosecuting defendants to the fullest extent of the law.

The Federal Communications Commission proposed a record-breaking $5 million fine against right-wing political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman on Tuesday, after an investigation by the agency found that the two men appeared to have violated US robocalling laws.