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A hacking of a major pipeline, the latest evidence of the nation’s vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, prompted questions about whether the administration should go further.

Experts who sounded the alarm about the care economy were often shunted to the side of policy discussions. Not anymore.

Critics say the administration hasn’t defined a clear climate resilience strategy and has been slow to fill key jobs to coordinate that work.

President Biden outlined his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal on Thursday in Lake Charles, La., a largely conservative, industrial area hard-hit by Hurricanes Laura and Delta last year. He then headed to a second stop in New Orleans.

“We’re not going to deprive any of these executives of their second or third home, travel privately by jet,” the president said at the White House.

The state says revenue from the new towers can finance the rebuilding of the rail terminal. But the pandemic has upended the need for office space.

One key economic goal is to create the virtuous cycles of innovation and jobs that already occur in many coastal cities.

Mexico City’s subway system has been plagued with problems for years. On Monday, an overpass collapsed, and a train plunged some 50 feet, killing at least 24 people and setting off a political firestorm.

Should bipartisan talks stall, the Senate majority leader is exploring trying to use budget reconciliation to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.

Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan may depend on it.

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