The week in 14 headlines

This week, President Joe Biden's agenda hangs in the balance. Amid a worsening migrant crisis at the southern US border and a jumbled booster shot rollout, Biden is urgently trying to mend fractures between moderate and progressive Democrats that threaten to topple his $3.5 trillion spending bill and $1 trillion infrastructure package.

Posted 10:34 p.m. Sep 24, 2021 — Updated 10:34 p.m. Sep 24, 2021

Sonnet Swire

, CNN

CNN — This week, President Joe Biden's agenda hangs in the balance. Amid a worsening migrant crisis at the southern US border and a jumbled booster shot rollout, Biden is urgently trying to mend fractures between moderate and progressive Democrats that threaten to topple his $3.5 trillion spending bill and $1 trillion infrastructure package.

Monday

Democrats set up showdown with GOP by attaching debt limit to bill to avert government shutdownUS to ease travel restrictions on fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Tuesday

Biden makes the case at the UN for using 'relentless diplomacy' instead of military might to solve global crisesProgressives say they plan to vote against bipartisan infrastructure bill next week

Wednesday

Anxious Democrats float Plan B: Raise debt ceiling on party-line voteLawmakers storm out of classified Afghanistan briefing after questions go unansweredBiden criticizes Senate Republicans after police reform negotiations end without a deal

Thursday

Special envoy for Haiti resigns citing 'inhumane' US decision to deport thousands of Haitians from US borderHouse approves $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome defense systemBorder Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails showJanuary 6 committee issues first subpoenas for witness testimony to four Trump loyalists

Friday

Crisis of Haitian migrants exposes rifts for Biden on immigrationDraft report from partisan Arizona review confirms Biden defeated Trump in Maricopa County last NovemberBiden officials stress Quad is an 'unofficial gathering,' 'not a military alliance,' ahead of first in-person meeting

And that was the week in 14 headlines.

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