Overview: Joe Biden defends his Afghanistan policy in a new interview. Trump’s former Defense Secretary claims the former administration never intended to pull all troops out. Republicans take to Twitter to praise The Taliban. Fox News mandates all staffers disclose their vaccination status. Sean Hannity does a u-turn on vaccines. Parents across the country protest school mask mandates. Rising back-to-school spending threatens to bankrupt parents. North Carolina legislators attempt to raise the state’s marriage age.