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President Biden unveiled a $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan. Here's what's in it

4:29pm October 29, 2021

by Deirdre Walsh

President Biden unveiled a slimmed down spending framework to House Democrats. He discussed the transformative nature of the package, but some major priorities Democrats hoped to include were dropped.

President Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron that the U.S. handling of an arms deal with Australia was "clumsy."

Biden admits to France's leader that a contentious defense deal was handled poorly

1:18pm October 29, 2021

by Brian Naylor

A U.S. agreement to share nuclear submarine technology with Australia caused a rift with France. On Friday President Biden reiterated to President Emmanuel Macron that France is a valued partner.

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Biden meets with world leaders ahead of G20 summit

11:16am October 29, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden has arrived in Rome for the G20 summit. Ahead of the summit, Biden meets with several world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis.

Biden continues the tradition of U.S. presidents meeting with the pope

11:12am October 29, 2021

President Biden is beginning his European trip by meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. These two leaders know each other quite well, and share many of the same concerns.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has said she plans to fight for the inclusion of paid family leave in Democrats' spending bill.

Paid family leave gets slashed as Democrats try to reach consensus on spending plan

9:32am October 29, 2021

by Alana Wise

The United States is one of a handful of countries, and the only wealthy nation, without a national paid leave policy.

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Democrats disagree over Biden's $1.75 trillion spending framework

8:01am October 29, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, about President Biden's revised spending proposal.

Pope John XXIII with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who stands at left, during an audience granted in the pontiff's private library in the Vatican Palace on Dec. 6, 1959. Eisenhower was the second U.S. president to meet the pope.

U.S. presidents have met with the pope since 1919. It all started with Woodrow Wilson

7:17am October 29, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

President Biden's meeting with the pope is a fairly recent tradition for U.S. presidents. His meeting will mark the 31st time a U.S. president has met with the leader of the Catholic Church.

A misdemeanor sex charge has been filed against former Gov. Cuomo

6:43am October 29, 2021

by Brian Mann

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was forced from office after nearly a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. A new criminal complaint alleges he forcibly touched a female staff member.

Politics & Government

News brief: social spending bill, Facebook's name change, Cuomo criminal complaint

6:23am October 29, 2021

Democrats say they have a path forward on social spending. Facebook's new corporate name is Meta, but the app is still Facebook. Ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a misdemeanor sex charge.

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House panel questions oil executives over industry's part in climate disinformation

6:23am October 29, 2021

NPR's A Martínez talks to Kert Davies of the Climate Investigations Center about House lawmakers questing oil executives about alleged disinformation concerning fossil fuels' effect on global warming.