
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says IVF "shouldn't be up to politicians in the first place"
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that it is important that President Biden communicates in the State of the Union on Thursday directly to the American people about the administration's accomplishments and future plans.
Buttigieg said this year's State of the Union, the third of Mr. Biden's presidency as he looks ahead of the likely November rematch with former President Donald Trump, gives Mr. Biden an opportunity to underscore the positive impacts of his policies.
"This is a chance for the president to talk about the strides that our economy has made under his leadership, adding more jobs than any president ever," Buttigieg told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil. "It's a chance to talk about how things like the bipartisan infrastructure law that he led are now leading to improvements to roads, bridges and more in every part of this country. Issue after issue where we've got to talk about what we've done and where we're headed. I'm looking forward to the president making that case this evening."

Washington — The Senate this week is taking up the massive budget package containing President Trump's second-term agenda, a measure that squeaked through the House with a one-vote margin, solely with Republican votes. Its path through the Senate seems destined to be similarly narrow, with the package almost certain to be revised, since parts of it are opposed by a handful of GOP senators critical to its passage.

This year, WorldPride is coming to Washington, D.C. A series of events, organized by the nonprofit InterPride, aims to bring visibility and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues to an international stage. This year's location is leaving the community conflicted about showing up to the nation's capital amid an administration that has targeted them.

A suspect is in custody after what the FBI is calling a "targeted act of violence" at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. We are saddened and heartbroken to learn that an incendiary device was thrown at walkers at the Run for Their Lives walk on Pearl Street as they were raising awareness for the hostages still held in Gaza. My thoughts are with those injured and impacted by today's attack against a group that meets weekly on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall to call for the release of the hostages in Gaza.