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All are for close Trump associates. Why what Merrick Garland does next could make or break the Jan 6 investigation. Plus: GOP reps who voted for Biden’s infrastructure plan face disgusting threats.
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CNN’s just-released poll shows a deepening Biden slump. Many Americans think the President is not focusing enough on the issues that matter most to them. Plus: Obama throws some shade at Donald Trump.
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After weeks of intense negotiations, the House approved the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure in a late Friday night vote. President Biden touted the key legislative win as a "once-in-a-generation investment" that rebuilds roads, bridges, railways and water pipes. Now, Democrats must sell the bill to the country ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Plus, after wins in Virginia and a closer-than-expected race in New Jersey, Republicans say education and parents' rights are winning issues for 2022.
And the unemployment rate is down, the stock market is up and employers added more than half a million new jobs last month - but why do Americans think the country is in bad economic shape?
On today’s panel: CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, Margaret Talev of Axios, NPR’s Asma Khalid, John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News and Neil Irwin of the New York Times.
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A judge decides whether to give lawmakers access to materials the former President wants to keep secret … Pelosi pushes to vote on social safety net tonight, and infrastructure tomorrow … Biden administration delays vaccine mandates.
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How Republican Glenn Youngkin beat Terry McAuliffe for governor of Virginia – a state Joe Biden won handily just a year ago – and what it means for the Democratic Party. Plus: The crucial New Jersey governor’s race is still too close to call.
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From crucial governor’s races to big city mayoral contests, today’s results are a referendum on the President’s first-year performance and a test of whether the Trump brand is still toxic for Republicans in the suburbs. Plus: the Dems’ Joe Manchin problem, and Mike Pence explains why he said no to Donald Trump’s plan to subvert democracy.
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As the President attends a crucial climate conference overseas, negotiations at home on his Build Back Better agenda may scramble a plan to vote on everything tomorrow. Plus, the Supreme Court hears arguments on the biggest issue of this term: a challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law.
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After President Biden won Virginia by 10 points a year ago, polls show a tight race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. If Youngkin wins, it will be the first time since 2009 that a Republican occupies the governor's mansion.
Plus, are Democratic lawmakers any closer to passing their legislative agenda? Progressives and moderates indicate they've reached a deal to support the bipartisan infrastructure deal and the $1.75 trillion economic plan and could vote on it as soon as Tuesday.
And Biden notches key economic wins at the G20 conference in Rome. Next, he hopes to persuade world leaders to adopt new climate plans at the COP26 climate summit in Glasglow.
On today’s panel: Politico’s Rachael Bade, Jonathan Martin of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal’s Sabrina Siddiqui, Julie Pace of the Associated Press, CNN’s Eva McKend and Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy Katharine Hayhoe.
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Act 1 of the President’s European trip featured meetings with the Pope and French President Macron -- the latter following last month’s big dustup over a controversial submarine deal. The early reviews are in. Plus, another Republican critic heads for the exits.
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CNN experts dissect President Biden’s just-completed East Room speech promoting what he called a “consequential” framework with Congress on his massive spending agenda. What he doesn’t have is a deal.
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