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.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.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.
Another American who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for possessing ammunition was sentenced to time served and a $9,000 fine on Tuesday, local media reported. Tyler Wenrich was facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for ammunition charges in the British territory.