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News Brief: Infrastructure Package, Military Vaccinations, Taliban Strategy

The Senate may sign off on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The Pentagon moves to make vaccines mandatory for service members. As Taliban fighters gain ground, what is the global community doing?

Nurses and health care workers light candles outside Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital on Friday as they mourn and remember their colleagues who died during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Reports Highest Daily Death Toll Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

About 2,100 people died on Friday — the highest daily death toll in the United States so far. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in nearly every country around the world.

A protester holds a sign outside of Parliament in London after the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, in which Boris Johnson said he joined staff for an outdoor party at 10 Downing Street in May 2020.

Boris Johnson apologizes for a BYOB party held as the U.K. was in COVID lockdown

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apology worthless, adding that his defense is that "he didn't realize he was at a party."

Trump Faces Potential Legal Battles Following His Second Impeachment

Mitch McConnell said that former President Donald Trump is not immune from criminal and civil litigation. NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Michael McConnell, a constitutional scholar, how that could work.

Organized Crime Is Targeting South Africa's 'Green Gold': Avocados

NPR's Audie Cornish chats with Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Wexler about rising rates of avocado theft in South Africa.

Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Giancarlo Esposito; 6 Summer Books; Polar Photography

Esposito reprises his Breaking Bad villain, Gus Fring, onBetter Call Saul.Maureen Corrigan presents her early summer reading list. Paul Nicklen takes pictures of a fragile and ferocious ecosystem.

Growers are working to make our coffee habit more sustainable

Experts say the way we cultivate and grow coffee isn't sustainable. Some coffee growers are hoping to change that.

The availability of COVID-19 boosters may soon expand dramatically

The Food and Drug Administration and the Center For Disease Control and Prevention are poised to sign-off on Johnson & Johnson and Moderna booster shots this week.

Dr. Rachel Levine testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in February. Levine was appointed to lead the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the nation's first openly transgender four-star officer.

Dr. Rachel Levine is sworn in as the nation's first transgender four-star officer

Levine leads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

President Biden has slapped new sanctions on Russia over hacking and election interference but is aiming for a more predictable relationship. He plans to meet his counterpart next month.

Biden Wants A 'Stable, Predictable' Relationship With Russia. That's Complicated

President Biden is getting ready for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. Domestic politics are making Biden's approach to the talks even tougher.

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