“Retaining Bagram would have required putting as many as 5,000 U.S. troops in harm's way just to operate and defend," said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said President Biden "followed [his] advice on executing on the evacuation plan" and gave him "all the resources needed" to execute it.

McKenzie said he recommended that the U.S. maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan while Biden said in an interview last month that he was told no such thing.

Over 500 individuals have seen charges pertaining to pandemic-relief falsehoods, sparking "unprecedented levels of fraud.”

The bank incentivized its salespeople to overcharge customers and later would reap the financial benefits from allegedly concealing the overcharges.

United said that more than 97 percent of its U.S. employees had taken the shot, but the 2,000 plus holdouts appear ready to put up a fight.

“We are dealing with a broken immigration system, and we need legislative reform," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Friday.

The Biden White House will share the records despite Trump's objections—and likely enter new legal territory regarding the treatment of ex-presidents.

Cuellar ranked as the third most politically right Democrat in the House and has perviously voted to curb abortion rights.

While Evergrande has not commented about the payments, foreign bondholders have announced that payments have not been received.

BlackRock acquired 31.3 million notes of Evergrande's debt between January and August of this year.

Questions remain over whether Evergrande was able to afford an $83 million debt payment due this Thursday. With 30 days remaining before the firm would default on such a payment, Beijing appears to be looking to prevent major fallout should a collapse occur.

“If any of these risks do materialize, we would be most concerned about the demand spillovers from a big decline in Chinese construction activity," Capital Economics writes.

“If the government can prevent a bubble that collapses, then that just leaves people in a good position," David Dollar, an expert on the Chinese economy, said.

“The U.S. has its challenges in running faster and efficiently, but our model has some important strengths and is relatively resilient," said expert Scott Kennedy.

Newsweek Editor-at-Large Naveed Jamali observed a U.S. military jet intercept a small plane over New York City

Chinese users of the social media platform Weibo have called the former cement factory worker turned property developer "delusional" and "a man who cheats people.”

“We do not expect the government to provide any direct support to Evergrande," credit analysts from S&P Global Ratings wrote in a report.

China's second-largest property developer saw its stock open to a 10-year low of 33 cents Tuesday.

“Sometimes, when I'm asleep at night, they've sprayed," said Jean Cleophat, a Haitian man who suffers from asthma and has been detained since late 2020.