The week in 13 headlines
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This week, President Biden unveiled a roughly $2 trillion jobs plan focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis. Meanwhile, Republican legislatures in Georgia and Texas defended legislation that would curb voting access.
Monday Biden says 90% of adults will be vaccine eligible in three weeksButtigieg says no gas or mileage tax in Biden's infrastructure planPresident Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.