
The outstanding issues are still outstanding and a deal on Biden's agenda needs to happen today
CNN
Democrats seemed to move further apart over the course of the last 24 hours, laying bare the very real risk that President Joe Biden will fall short in his effort to secure an agreement before he arrives on the global stage later this week.
In private meetings from the Oval Office to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, the message delivered to key Democrats was that the time was now for an agreement, and despite the complicated nature of things, a path could be -- must be -- secured this week.
It seems a long way off at the moment, on both policy and procedural grounds. But there's one big push to come, officials and aides say.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











