The week in 12 headlines

By Sonnet Swire, CNN

This week, President Joe Biden reprised his role of consoler-in-chief in south Florida as US and coalition troops prepared to leave Afghanistan for good. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed ahead with a Capitol Riot probe and New York prosecutors charged the Trump Organization for an alleged tax scheme. 

Monday 

• Supreme Court gives victory to transgender student who sued to use bathroom 
• White House defends airstrikes as ‘necessary, appropriate and a deliberate action’ 

Tuesday 

• Biden touts bipartisan infrastructure deal in Wisconsin: ‘This is a generational investment’ 
• More than 1 million migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border since October 

Wednesday 

• Only two House Republicans vote for the January 6 select committee 
• ‘We have to act and act fast:’ Biden says climate change is driving wildfires and historic heat wave 

Thursday 

• ‘Never give up hope’: Biden reprises role as consoler-in-chief during South Florida visit 
• Prosecutors charge Trump Organization with a 15-year tax scheme 
• Election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom set for September 14 

Friday

• US races to find safe haven for Afghan translators in Central Asia as troop withdrawal nears
• ‘This is historic progress:’ Biden touts economic recovery after US added 850,000 jobs in June
• More than a dozen US Capitol rioters have now pleaded guilty

And that was the week in 12 headlines.

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