What to know about Biden's first budget
CBSN
President Biden on Friday will propose to Congress the budget for the fiscal year 2022, as he tries to make the case that it's time for America to spend big. Mr. Biden's budget includes trillions for his infrastructure and families plans, and it is expected to top former President Trump's $4.8 trillion proposal last year.
Mr. Biden's budget proposal is just that — a proposal. Congress has the final say. Mr. Biden didn't explicitly confirm the reported topline $6 trillion figure in a Thursday gaggle with reporters in Ohio, but he didn't deny it either. The budget proposal comes as the White House continues to negotiate with Republicans and Democrats on a potential infrastructure bill, what the Biden administration calls the American Jobs Plan. Republicans proposed spending less than $1 trillion on infrastructure, far less than what Mr. Biden had wanted but more than Republicans had offered initially.Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.