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Salesforce offers to help employees leave in wake of Texas' restrictive abortion law

The law, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, has unique enforcement provisions allowing private citizens, rather than state officials, to sue abortion providers.
Opening Day Of The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020
Opening Day Of The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020

Did we win the war on terror?

Many national security experts say the U.S. is now much less vulnerable to international terrorism than it was when New York and the Pentagon were struck.
Taliban fighters armed with American weapons and equipment patrol and secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021.
Taliban fighters armed with American weapons and equipment patrol and secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021.

'You were the decoy': Youngest congressman recalls frenzied 9/11 spent with Bush

Twenty years ago, Adam Putnam became an unlikely behind-the-scenes witness to a commander in chief in the crucible of the nation's greatest calamity since at least Pearl Harbor.
Rep. Adam Putnam, right, R-Bartow, Fla., and Sarasota County Sheriff's Advisor Larry Berberich look at television reports of the terrorist acts upon the World Trade Center while waiting for President Bush, on Sept. 11, 2001 in Sarasota, Fla.
Rep. Adam Putnam, right, R-Bartow, Fla., and Sarasota County Sheriff's Advisor Larry Berberich look at television reports of the terrorist acts upon the World Trade Center while waiting for President Bush, on Sept. 11, 2001 in Sarasota, Fla.

U.S. Education Department probes Florida school mask policy

Federal investigation will examine whether students with disabilities are put at "heightened risk" of Covid by state not allowing schools to require masks.
Image: Student enters school
Image: Student enters school

20 years after 9/11, Condoleezza Rice discusses security risks

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was President George W. Bush’s national security adviser on September 11, 2001. In an interview with Lester Holt, she weighs in on the situation in Afghanistan and the security risks to the U.S.
20 years after 9/11, Condoleezza Rice discusses security risks
20 years after 9/11, Condoleezza Rice discusses security risks

Biden responds to Republican pushback over vaccine mandate: ‘This is not a game’

President Biden responded after Republican lawmakers vowed to challenge his aggressive plan to mandate that two-thirds of American workers get vaccinated. The Republican National Committee threatened to sue the administration, and at least 19 Republican governors vowed to defy the rules.
Biden responds to Republican pushback over vaccine mandate: ‘This is not a game’
Biden responds to Republican pushback over vaccine mandate: ‘This is not a game’

Afghanistan evacuation flights into U.S. paused after diagnosed measles cases

The halt could complicate evacuation efforts, as many foreign countries allow evacuees to remain for only a limited number of days.
Image: Passengers board a Qatar Airways charter flight carrying foreigners and Afghans to Qatar, at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 10, 2021.
Image: Passengers board a Qatar Airways charter flight carrying foreigners and Afghans to Qatar, at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 10, 2021.

GOP threats to Biden's vaccine mandates unlikely to succeed, experts say

Biden’s mandates pass muster because he is filtering them through the lenses of workplace safety and federal spending powers authority, legal experts told NBC News.
A sign during a protest against Covid-19 vaccination mandates in Lansing, Michi., on Aug. 6, 2021.
A sign during a protest against Covid-19 vaccination mandates in Lansing, Michi., on Aug. 6, 2021.

Igor Fruman, former Giuliani associate, pleads guilty to campaign finance charges

Fruman’s plea agreement does not require him to cooperate in other cases.
Image: Activist with Rise and Resist follow Igor Fruman, second from left, as he arrives in Federal court in Manhattan with his attorney Todd Blanche, on Sept. 10, 2021 in New York.
Image: Activist with Rise and Resist follow Igor Fruman, second from left, as he arrives in Federal court in Manhattan with his attorney Todd Blanche, on Sept. 10, 2021 in New York.
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Schumer wants more health care funding for 9/11 first responders, survivors

The money would avoid a projected shortfall in a federal program that provides medical care for people affected by the 9/11 attacks.
Image: Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mayor Giuliani and members of a congressional delegation look on during a visit on Sept. 20, 2001 to the scene of devastation where the World Trade Center's twin towers stood.
Image: Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mayor Giuliani and members of a congressional delegation look on during a visit on Sept. 20, 2001 to the scene of devastation where the World Trade Center's twin towers stood.

National unity has taken a hard hit since 9/11

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
Image: George W Bush Addresses Congress
Image: George W Bush Addresses Congress