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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times, about Japan hosting the Paralympic Games amid the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games ended earlier this month.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey about the small groups of House Democrats that object to their party's budget proposal.

Tom Rice parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. He celebrated his milestone birthday with another leap — jumping from a Douglas C-53 named D-Day Doll over his hometown of Coronado, Calif.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska about the Biden administration's efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan ahead of the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal of U.S. forces.

President Biden says he's determined to end the U.S. airlift by his Aug. 31 deadline. The Taliban are hardening their positions. They say Afghans will no longer be allowed to leave the country.

New York's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, tells NPR there will be "no drama, no surprises" from her administration.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Marquerita Donald was working as a Navajo translator in hospitals. She eventually contracted COVID-19. Now, after recovery, she's in nursing school.

The subscription site OnlyFans has reversed course. It says it will continue to allow sexually explicit content just days after announcing a ban on such material.

The Pentagon laid blame on ISIS militants for explosions and gunfire at the Hamid Karzai airport and an adjacent hotel. At least 12 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghan civilians were killed.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Congressman Steve Chabot, a ranking member of the foreign affairs subcommittee overseeing Afghanistan, about Thursday's bombings and President Biden's speech.