Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and correspondent for Marketplace, Kimberly Adams about U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's handling of tough questions by lawmakers on Capitol Hill over the Biden administration's handling of the evacuation from Afghanistan, divisions between progressive and moderate Democrats over the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, the message sent by voters in the U.S. state of California who rejected an effort to remove Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom from office, a new defense alliance that intends to send China a message, and the significance of a planned Justice for J6 rally in Washington, D.C. Listen to Issues in the News on the Voice of America.