13 Americans are dead.

More than 100 people were killed, including at least 12 U.S. service members and 90 Afghans, at the Kabul airport today when two blasts ripped through crowds trying to enter the American-controlled facility. A suicide bomb attack at the airport’s Abbey Gate was followed by an assault by gunmen, officials said. Another bomb attack took place at a hotel outside the airport. Fifteen U.S. service members were injured, the Pentagon said. The attack marked the deadliest day for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since 2011, and came just five days before the Biden administration’s deadline for the complete military withdrawal from the country. More  attacks are expected.

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For the first time, prosecutors will not oppose the release of Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of murdering Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

Sirhan has been in prison for 53 years, and this will be his 16th parole hearing. Last year, Los Angeles County elected a new district attorney, George Gascón, who said he would support the release of certain inmates who have served their mandatory minimums and are older and at low risk of re-offending.

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A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued its first demands for documents from government agencies on Wednesday, including communications involving some of former President Donald Trump's closest advisers and family.

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Gloria Romero, who was the former Democratic majority leader for the California Senate from 2001 to 2008, is endorsing Larry Elder in the race to recall Gov. Gavin Newson.

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With less than a week to go before the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, US evacuation efforts are ramping up in Afghanistan. The US military increased flights out of Kabul yesterday.

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The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that the Biden Administration must re-instate the "remain in Mexico" immigration policy which began under Republican Donald Trump.

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday required President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate a controversial immigration policy that forces migrants to wait in Mexico while U.S. officials process their asylum claims. Biden asked the Supreme Court to intervene after the U.S.Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit based in New Orleans ruled his administration improperly halted the Trump-era immigration policy shortly after his inauguration. 

A conservative majority of the high court said in a brief order Tuesday night that the Biden administration failed to demonstrate the decision to end the program was not "arbitrary and capricious." The court's three liberal associate justices, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, would have allowed the administration to continue its suspension of the program.

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Safeguarding voting rights is a top issue for Democrats, whose signature election reform measure has all but stalled out after Senate Republicans filibustered the sweeping bill in June. But most Republicans also oppose the more targeted Lewis-named legislation, which would restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013.

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John requests calls from women to discuss women’s issues in Afghanistan.

What should we do to protect women in Afghanistan?

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Several hundred US troops have left Afghanistan, on the same day President Joe Biden decided not to extend the August 31 evacuation deadline, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Tuesday evening.

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Listeners weigh in on their frustrations with the restrictions 

Some of our listeners are blaming Newsom for the fires, Covid, the economy and their social life.

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