Democrats Hammer Out Plan to Tax Billionaires and Corporate Giants
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, was trying to line up support, including from Mr. Manchin, to beef up a federally paid family and medical leave provision that had…
Manchin Is in the Middle, With Biden’s Agenda in the Balance
Mr. Manchin, whose demand that the overall package not exceed $1.5 trillion has driven a frenzied effort to cut the cost of the bill, has maintained that he is keeping…
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Vaccine for Children 5 to 11
WASHINGTON — An expert committee advising the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended that regulators authorize Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds, bringing about 28 million children a…
Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer, Seeks to Have Her Record Cleared
Minutes before the white bus driver told Claudette Colvin in 1955 to give her seat to a white woman, she had been looking out the window, thinking of a Black…
Suspect in Boise Mall Shooting Dies of Injuries
The lone suspect in a shooting at a mall in Boise, Idaho, on Monday that killed two people died on Tuesday of injuries he received in an exchange of gunfire…
Life at 50C: Surviving in Kuwait’s ‘unbearable’ heat
The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures. With the mercury topping 53C, three Kuwaiti citizens – an influencer, a…
Ros Atkins on… India’s climate challenge
Ros Atkins look at how India is trying to balance banishing poverty with meeting its climate commitments. More on the climate summit The COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in…
Biden Wanted an F.D.R. Presidency. How’s He Doing So Far?
Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. During his campaign, Joe Biden made no secret of the presidential legacies he aspired to, frequently…
This Special Election Is Testing Republican Efforts to Court Latino Voters
SAN ANTONIO — For as long as María Rodríguez can remember, the South Side of San Antonio has just about always elected Democrats, Hispanics like herself who emphasized improving public…
Louisiana’s governor lifts the state’s indoor mask mandate except in schools.
Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana lifted the state’s indoor mask mandate on Tuesday for at least the next four weeks. “I stand here today optimistic, relieved that the worst…