President Biden launches a new security partnership with Australia, voters reject a recall effort against California's governor, and poverty rates in the U.S. fell in 2020, thanks largely to pandemic assistance.

California's recall election goes smoothly; Senate Democrats introduce watered-down voting rights act; Biden's approval rating takes a hit on foreign policy post-Afghanistan withdrawal; and the President calls for urgent action on climate change.

A House hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan turns contentious, Democrats plan to tax the rich to pay for a $3.5 trillion budget plan, and President Joe Biden stumps for Gov. Gavin Newsom in California.

Trump hints at 2024 presidential run, the U.S. Senate is back from recess and faces deadlines over infrastructure and the debt ceiling, and a hospital in upstate New York will stop delivering babies after thirty staffers quit over a vaccine mandate.

President Biden announces a vaccine mandate for federal workers, LA County is set to require vaccines for students ages 12 and older, and the Justice Department sues Texas over its new six-week abortion ban.

President Biden will announce six new steps to combat the coronavirus, the U.S. heads toward an October debt default, and Vice President Kamala Harris says there is a lot at stake in the California recall election.

Texas' new election law is already facing a challenge, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Taliban is not holding American hostages, and Sen. Bernie Sanders is confident in the Democrats' reconciliation package.

Federal emergency unemployment benefits expire, the Department of Justice says it will challenge the new Texas abortion law, and charter planes with passengers seeking to flee the Taliban are held up leaving Afghanistan.

A look at the State of Labor in 2021 including slowed hiring, expiring unemployment benefits, and income inequality.

Officials warn of a Labor Day cybersecurity threat, some Democrats want more Pentagon spending than Biden proposes, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promises a floor vote to protect abortion access.