The week in 15 headlines

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN

This week, Democratic leaders grappled internally with how to pass President Biden’s agenda with a pared-down price tag. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Virginia as a new poll showed the governor’s race in a dead-heat. 

Monday

• Democrats push Biden to take forceful role in bridging party’s sparring factions over agenda
• Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies
• Harris makes the case for Biden’s climate priorities in visit to rapidly draining Lake Mead
• Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

Tuesday

• Everything on Biden’s schedule points to one reality: It’s time to close the deal 
• Pentagon outlines punishments for civilian employees if they fail to get vaccinated

Wednesday

• White House under pressure to act on voting rights, but it’s not ready to blow up the filibuster
• Liz Cheney: Bannon refusal to cooperate suggests Trump was ‘personally involved’ in planning riot
• January 6 committee approves Steve Bannon criminal contempt report, setting up key vote later this week 
• Obama in new McAuliffe ad: ‘Virginia, you have a lot of responsibility this year’

Thursday

• Biden sees American credibility on the line as he races to lock down climate action ahead of Glasgow
• Democrats grapple with pared down Build Back Better agenda
• Liberal backlash against Sinema grows on Capitol Hill as potential Arizona challenger emerges

Friday

• Close to 200 Americans are still seeking to leave Afghanistan, State Department tells congressional staff
• Supreme Court lets Texas 6-week abortion ban stay in place and will hear oral arguments November 1

And that was the week in 15 headlines.

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