The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden frustrated after questions on U.S. exit from Afghanistan; Source: Biden stands by his "gut decision" despite terror concerns; Pentagon: U.S. troop withdrawal will be done by end of August; Defense officials; U.S. retains authority to strike Taliban; U.S. hands airbase to Afghan military as civil war fears grow; Firefighter's own team finds body of his daughter at collapse site; Officials con...

WAPO: Majority of Surfside condo board quit in 2019 over frustrations about repair plans; Lawsuit accuses inspector of failing to keep occupants safe; Rescue work halted over fears rest of tower could fall; Mayor: Search operation to resume as soon as it is safe; Prosecutors: Trump Org CFO evaded taxes on $1.7M; Trump Org & CFO Weisselberg plead not guilty to charges; Trump on Org indictment: It's...

Officers who defended Capitol attended today’s vote; Engineers looking for “trigger events” for building collapse; Surgeon general: “you are in trouble” if you’re not vaccinated; Fauci: may soon be “two Americas” over vaccine divide; Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan: withdrawal could lead to civil war; Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88     To learn more about how CNN protects li...

Families cling to hope as responders search for survivors; More than 800 responders on ground in Surfside; Biden to meet with families, visit collapse site Thursday; Prosecutors pursue grand jury investigation into collapse; Condo board warned of building decay in April 2021 letter; Engineers hunt for answers in the Surfside building collapse; Miami Herald: pool contractor saw water cracks below p...

Families desperate as search for survivors enters day 5; 2018 engineer report warned of “major structural damage” that required immediate repair in FL building; Condo association approved $15 million worth of repairs; Building collapsed just days before owners started payments; City official told residents tower was safe despite warning; Inspectors looking at nearby buildings after sudden collapse...

Biden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden says bipartisan infrastructure deal will move through congress “in tandem” with Dems-only reconciliation bill;  Progressive Dem slams bipartisan deal as “Paltry, Pathetic” ; 1 Dead, nearly 100 people unacc...

Soon: Bipartisan police reform talks drag on in Senate; Progressive Democrats urge Biden to get more involved after crucial vote fails in the Senate; Menendez wants bipartisan commission to study Covid origins; Harris to visit the southern border Friday after months of criticism from Republicans, immigration activists; New report raises more questions about Hunter Biden’s art deal; FDA expected to...

Key vote expected to fail tonight on election reform bill; Manchin will vote “yes” on advancing election reform bill; Dem senator thinks some in GOP may vote with Dems tonight; WH braces for defeat on election reform: “the fight is not over”; Sinema, Manchin restate opposition to gutting filibuster; Dem rep: Biden need to “lead out front” on election reform; WH rejects criticism from progressives...

Biden to invite lawmakers to WH this week to talk infrastructure; Sources: WH optimistic about bipartisan infrastructure deal; Key senate vote tomorrow on sweeping election reform bill; U.S. sees spike in mass shooting as cities open back up; Source: DOJ obtained metadata from Schiff & Swalwell as part of probe into a senior aide on House Intel Cmte; Dems Yang, Garcia form late alliance as Adams l...

Justice Dept releases new insurrection videos showing rioter taunting, punching police officer; House votes to repeal 2002 authorization for military force; Unclear whether U.S. will hit Biden’s goal to get 70% of adults partially vaccinated by July 4; Bipartisan infrastructure bill gets support from 21 senators; GOP kills Manchin’s bipartisan voting rights proposal; Blunt: Manchin’s “proposal” is...

Biden arrives home to Dem party fractures over agenda; Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $579B in new spending;  WH Official: Outlook “Very Encouraging” on top domestic issues; Biden, Putin summit ends with some diplomatic steps; Supreme Court decision to leave Obamacare intact preserves health care for millions; White House cheers court decision to leave Obamacare intact; Morgan Stanley CEO...

Biden and Putin agree to return ambassadors to posts; Biden: made it clear we will continue to raise human rights issues; Biden says he outlined 16 entities that are off limits for cyberwar; Biden: spent “great deal of time” discussing cybersecurity; Experts warn highly transmissible, more severe delta strain spreading rapidly in U.S.; Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza in response to “incendiary...

Sources: Biden intensely preparing for Putin summit; WH: Biden held meeting with Russia experts to prepare for Putin summit; Biden tells allies: America is back; Biden-Putin meeting likely to last 4-5 hours; No meals planned; Biden and Putin agree: relations at a “low point”; Kremlin: unsure if Biden, Putin will meet without aides; WH officials: Biden to bring up nuclear stability, arms control ag...

Biden hopes for NATO springboard ahead of Putin summit; Biden reassures NATO allies: “the United States is there”; Biden: “rock solid, unshakeable commitment” to NATO article that an attack on one ally is an attack on all; Sources: Biden preparing intensely for Putin’s tactics; Biden: will “make clear” to Putin that “we can cooperate if he chooses” on mutual interests, or “we will respond in kind”...

Biden, other G7 leaders meet with queen, senior royals; Biden invokes WWII: U.S. will "build a new arsenal" to fight COVID; Biden, G7 leaders address COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, threat from Russia & China; No joint news conference expected after Biden-Putin meeting next week; One-on-one with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki; Biden on message to Putin: “I’ll tell you after I deliver it”...

Biden: U.S. will buy, donate 500m doses Pfizer vaccine; Biden prepares for crucial face-to-face with Putin; Biden meets with key allies before crucial Putin summit; U.S. hopes to agree on ambassadors retuning to Moscow, DC; Moderna asks FDA to authorize its vaccine for children ages 12-17; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; CDC: Most states have administered less than...

Biden starts first overseas trip, meeting with G7 & NATO before high-stakes Putin summit; Biden agenda held up by bipartisan hurdles; GOP negotiators: no new taxes to pay for infrastructure; Warren: “it’s time to move forward” without GOP on infrastructure; “Problem Solvers” caucus unveils $1.25T infrastructure proposal; Biden’s infrastructure plan includes affordable internet to all; WH: 30 milli...

Biden wraps upcall with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure; Bipartisan senate group working on new infrastructure plan; Democrats confront reality of narrowly split congress; Sen. Capito’s office: Biden’s call with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure lasted 5 minutes; Dem senator: Time to “move on from bipartisanship”; Growing number of Dems concerned about scrapping filibuster; Trump’s role...

Biden faces huge tests on infrastructure, allies abroad; Biden, GOP billions of dollars apart on infrastructure; Progressives lose patience with Biden & GOP talks; Manchin tanks Dems’ hopes of passing sweeping election reform bill; Manchin: partisan voting bills will “destroy” our democracy; Manchin vows to block Dems’ election reform, preserve filibuster; Progressives lash out at Manchin for oppo...

Biden views cyberattacks as a “rising national security concern”; Biden to confront Putin about cyberattacks in upcoming summit;  Biden wraps call with top GOP negotiator; Will talk infrastructure again on Monday; Biden faces critical moment in infrastructure negotiations; Biden uses job report to stress need for infrastructure deal; Biden: Now is the time to “seize on the economic momentum”; Penc...

WH plans to distribute 80m+ doses globally by end of June; Fauci: “cautiously optimistic” about vaccinating kids under 12 by Thanksgiving; Arizona audit observers find massive security problems; Report: Trump believes he will be reinstated along with former AZ Sen. Martha McSally; Former Adviser: Trump listening to election conspiracies from “The bottom of the bottom of the crazies in the barrel”;...

Biden declares June “month of action” to meet vaccine goal; CDC: 12 states have met goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one shot by July 4; TX Republicans claim provision which would have harmed “souls to the polls” events was a typo; Ransomware attacks take major U.S. companies, infrastructure offline, holding internal networks hostage until they pay; Trucking industry struggling to hir...

CDC: 50.5% of total population is partially vaccinated; Study: Ending precautions early could cause increased virus spread; Las Vegas fully reopens to 100% capacity; Biden: I’m the first president in 100 years to come to “Acknowledge The Truth” of what took place in Tulsa; Biden: We’re here to shine a light, to make sure America knows the story in full; Biden: Pauses for moment of silence for Tuls...

Texas Gov pledges to bring back voting bill in special session; Texas democrats block new voting restrictions, for now; Dems say TX voting law unfairly targets people of color; Michael Flynn appears to suggest there should be a Myanmar-Style coup in the United States; Biden’s week shifts from reflection to negotiation; Biden reflects on son beau, an Iraq vet who died of cancer; Biden on Memorial D...

Six republicans side with Dems on Jan 6 commission; vote fails; Mother & partner of fallen capitol officer react to senate republicans blocking insurrection commission; Partner of fallen officer: “very disappointed” with failed vote; Partner of fallen Officer Sicknick’s plea to lawmakers: “the time to do something is now”; Mother of fallen officer: meeting with some in GOP were tense because “we k...