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President Biden said Monday that while travel restrictions imposed on travelers from several southern African nations would slow the entry of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, “it cannot prevent it.”

A political win for Biden, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act focuses on investments in roads, railways, bridges and broadband internet. The price tag comes in at roughly $1 trillion, with $550 billion in new spending over five years.

“The week started rough for Biden, but the [infrastructure] win and great jobs numbers shows the path by which Biden can turn this around.”

President Biden on Tuesday acknowledged concerns about the changing climate and skepticism among activists about whether the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, will change things for the better.

Biden reiterated that the U.S. will reduce carbon emissions by 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. The action, he said, “will demonstrate to the world” that the U.S. is “not only back at the table” but will “hopefully lead by the power of our example.”

Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.