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Evening Briefing: FDA clears first Covid shot for kids

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Plus Biden mends fences with France and advice for Halloween candy hauls. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story October 29, 2021 By Remy Tumin Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Friday. About 28 million children would be eligible to receive a Covid shot. Jim Wilson/The New York Times 1. The F.D.A. authorized Pfizer's Covid vaccine for children 5 to 11. The first shots could be available next week. The move was eagerly awaited by families. About 28 million children in that age group would be eligible to receive one-third of the adult dose, with two injections three weeks apart. If the C.D.C. signs off, as is expected, the children could start receiving shots as early as Wednesday. The Biden administration has promised that children's shots will be easily accessible at pediatrician offices, community health centers, children's hospitals and pharmacies, with 15 million doses ready to ship immediately. Abroad, children are driv

Evening Briefing: Biden’s spending plan remains in flux

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Plus Facebook rebrands itself, Gen Z reimagines the workplace View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story October 28, 2021 By Remy Tumin Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning. Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times 1. President Biden unveiled his framework for a $1.85 trillion economic and environmental bill. Now he has to persuade his party to back it. By late afternoon, the president's appeal appeared to have failed to break the logjam among Democrats. Crucial details of the legislation remained in flux, and progressives were resisting pressure to quickly throw their support behind a separate $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that has already passed the Senate. The largest key provision commits $555 billion to climate programs. Some $400 billion is devoted to universal prekindergarten and reducing child care costs. Some Democr