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Louisiana doctor discusses COVID-19 surge as pandemic hits South

The South is now considered the U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Delta variant spreads. Dr. Stephen Brierre, chief of critical care at Baton Rouge General in Louisiana and an associate professor of clinical medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center, joined CBSN to discuss the latest on COVID-19 and how health care workers are responding. Source

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Why 9 Democrats threatened to kill their party’s budget bill

Before heading to recess this week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a blueprint for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget proposal. CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie spoke to CBSN’s Tom Hanson about the intra-party fight that threatened to derail President Joe Biden’s priorities. Source

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What is ISIS-K?

Its members generally hold the view that members of the Taliban are impure and not extremist enough. Source

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What’s next for Afghan refugees?

Evacuation flights out of Kabul, Afghanistan, resumed after a deadly suicide bombing outside the city’s airport Thursday. Thousands of refugees have already arrived in the U.S. with more expected. Ahmadullah Sediqi, a former Afghan interpreter and Special Immigrant Visa ambassador with No One Left Behind, joined CBSN to discuss what comes next for these refugees and for those still in Afghanistan. Source

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Some Afghan refugee children arriving in U.S. without family

Children fleeing the chaos in Afghanistan are arriving in the U.S. without the rest of their families. Immigration officials are working to find these children a place to stay. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez broke the story, and he spoke with Vladimir Duthiers about it on CBSN. Source

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