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President Biden got back to his vacation… spending time at Camp David as the Taliban roars across Afghanistan… Mr. Biden is expected to spend the weekend at the presidential retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains before continuing his summer holiday next week at his home in Wilmington. The R&R comes amid a stunning collapse of the Afghanistan government as the provincial capitals fall to the Taliban, which now controls the majority of the country and is closing in on the capital, Kabul. Mr. Biden has made no remarks on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan since Tuesday. He has no public...

Joe Biden refused to take questions today after things began to spiral out of control in Afghanistan. First, there was the report that his administration had pleaded with the Taliban not to go after the American Embassy in Kabul but then he had to send in troops to help evacuate the embassy and others out of the country. This was despite previously saying that they wouldn’t need to have an airlift as in Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. But even as they were ordering that, the State Department claimed it wasn’t actually an evacuation. Despite the fact...

"Joe Biden did not return from Delaware today and we have had consecutive days with no public events and early press lids. We have no further guidance on POTUS’s movements for the rest of the week." Amber Athey Tweet Washington Editor @thespectator, Senior Blankley Fellow @steamboat_inst, Hoya fan & country music lover, amber@thespectator.com Amber Athey Twitter