Biden faces increasing questions from lawmakers on messy Afghan exit

The Biden administration for a second day in a row on Tuesday sought to swat away criticism of its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan as the U.S. military worked to ramp up evacuation flights out of Kabul.

More than 10,000 U.S. citizens, as well as tens of thousands of Afghans fearful for their lives now that the Taliban is back in power, still need to get out, and questions persist about whether the U.S. military mission — which is still slated to end Aug. 31 — can finish in time.