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Democrats are ready to move on President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan unless there is a major breakthrough this week. The two sides are over $1 trillion apart in how much they want to spend, and they have not agreed on what to fund or how to pay for it.

Parties ranging from the left to the far right were struggling on Wednesday to form a coalition government by midnight.

The eight leading candidates are facing off as the primary enters its final three weeks.

Source: Factset Companies can require vaccines only of employees returning to the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.Credit...John Muggenborg for The New York Times At the urging of business groups, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made clear how companies can issue vaccine mandates to workers coming back to the office, and what incentives those employers can offer to promote inoculation. Companies can require vaccines only of employees returning to the w...

Shots are reaching more 12- to 15-year-olds, more Black and Latino adults and some of the country’s vaccine-hesitant. Several automakers suspend operations at factories in Chennai, India, citing the pandemic.

The T.S.A. expects two million air travelers a day to pass through its checkpoints, numbers not seen in more than a year. Hong Kong exempts top business executives from tough quarantine measures.

Live Updates: Biden’s Budget Proposal Calls for $6 Trillion in Spending President Biden’s request to Congress, which must approve federal spending, faces better odds than recent predecessors because his fellow Democrats control both chambers. Vice President Kamala Harris will speak to Naval Academy graduates. Here’s what you need to know: President Joe Biden made remarks about the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New Yor...

The pickup in inflation is coming as rebounding demand and supply shortages push costs higher.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times Prices are climbing at the fastest pace since 2008, a key index released on Friday showed, an increase that is sure to keep inflation central to economic and political debates. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ personal consumption expenditure inflation measure climbed 3.6 percent in April from the prior year — the strongest reading in 13 years and more ...

Source: Factset Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her agency lacks sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds.Credit...Erin Scott for The New York Times Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned on Thursday that her agency lacked sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds to oversee a...

Live Updates: San Jose Shooting Victims Are Identified A light rail operator and an electrical lineman for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority were among the nine people killed in an attack at a California rail yard. The authorities released the names of the nine people who were killed at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday.Credit...Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times The authorities released the names of the nine people who were killed at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday but have n...