The week in 17 headlines

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN

This week, more public and private entities rolled out Covid-19 vaccine mandates as the Delta variant continued its spread. Meanwhile, the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated as more cities fell to the Taliban amid the US departure. 

Monday

• ‘Final warning’: Lawmakers, Biden administration sound alarm over UN climate report and urge swift action
• Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which doesn’t include an increase to the debt limit
• Pentagon moves to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for active duty military members

Tuesday

• Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of intense bipartisan talks
• New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will resign
• Biden celebrates a bipartisan win after Senate passes massive infrastructure bill

Wednesday

• Senate Democrats approve $3.5 trillion budget resolution in key step toward passing major economic package without GOP votes
• Senate Republicans block effort by Democrats to advance voting and election bill 
• Judge allows defamation lawsuits against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow CEO to go forward
• Rand Paul reveals in late financial disclosure that his wife bought stock in company behind remdesivir in February 2020

Thursday

• Census Bureau releases population data, starting scramble to redraw congressional lines
• US Embassy in Kabul again urges Americans to leave Afghanistan ‘immediately’
• US saw a two-decade high in border crossings in July
• Justice Amy Coney Barrett denies request to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate

Friday

• New intel reports indicate fresh efforts by Russia to interfere in 2022 election
• Afghanistan’s quick unraveling jolts national security officials and threatens to stain Biden’s legacy
• House Democratic moderates threaten Pelosi’s strategy and demand immediate vote on infrastructure bill

And that was the week in 17 headlines.

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