Tipsheet — Presented by Uber: Buttigieg aims to use Tucker Carlson flap to spotlight paternity leave

View in your browser   Presented by Uber   Buttigieg aims to use Tucker Carlson flap to spotlight paternity leave BY ALEX GANGITANO   Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is aiming to use the fierce criticism he faced from conservatives over taking paternity leave as a way to have a conservation about the issue, amid efforts from the White House to get paid family leave into a social spending bill pending in Congress. “The negativity was unfortunate but, in a way, maybe some good comes out of it too because it’s helped us have a conversation about parental leave,” Buttigieg said this week. Buttigieg took shots for taking paternity leave during the supply chain crisis from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who criticized his absence from work. Read the full story here     Biden injects new momentum into filibuster fight BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Progressives are feeling emboldened after President Biden backed "fundamentally" changing the filibuster, adding a jolt of momentum into the entrenched Senate stalemate. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM UBER Flexibility works   Whether it's because of the freedom to pick their hours, pick their rides, or simply pick their kids up on time, 86% of drivers say they need flexibility.* *From a Benenson Strategy Group survey. See how flexibility works for over 3.3 million drivers.   Pelosi: Democrats within striking distance of deal BY MIKE LILLIS   Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that Democrats are within striking distance of winning a long-sought agreement on President Biden's sweeping domestic agenda. Read the full story here     Judge to hear Trump's case against Jan. 6 committee in November BY HARPER NEIDIG   A federal judge will hear former President Trump's case against the House Jan. 6 Committee's request for extensive records from his administration in a hearing next month. Read the full story here     Supreme Court agrees to review Texas's 6-week abortion ban BY JOHN KRUZEL   The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review Texas’s six-week abortion ban, scheduling oral arguments for Nov. 1. Read the full story here     US deficit hits $2.8T, second largest in history BY ARIS FOLLEY   The Treasury Department said Friday that the federal deficit reached $2.8 trillion in fiscal 2021, the second largest deficit in history. Read the full story here     Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine nearly 91 percent effective in younger kids BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL   Smaller doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 appear safe and are nearly 91 percent effective at preventing symptomatic disease, the company said in a study released Friday. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM UBER Flexibility works   Whether it's because of the freedom to pick their hours, pick their rides, or simply pick their kids up on time, 86% of drivers say they need flexibility.* *From a Benenson Strategy Group survey. See how flexibility works for over 3.3 million drivers.   I voted for Trump in 2020 — he proved to be the ultimate RINO in 2021 BY JOSEPH BOSCO   OPINION | Trump’s obsession with retaining personal power and avoiding a loser image squandered a critical opportunity for his party. He callously cast aside the fate of the Republican governing agenda and, if he believed his own campaign rhetoric, the future of the nation.    Read the full story here     The battle over school boards is a disaster for Democrats BY PETER KING   OPINION | If the Justice Department were serious about investigating coordinated violence in America, it would long ago have started examining the roles that antifa followers and other extremists played in the violent riots and demonstrations during the summer of 2020.  Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2021 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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