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Ivanka on paid family leave: "Not in this Congress"

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White House adviser Ivanka Trump told Axios' Mike Allen on Thursday that paid family leave is an issue that will require bipartisan compromise in Congress to pass — and, therefore, will not happen during this session.

"We're still at zero weeks of paid leave. We're the only country in the developed world that that's true of. ... The president has called for maternity and paternity and adoptive leave and we're working to make that happen."

More from our interview with Ivanka Trump:

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Updated 16 mins ago - Science

Inspiration4 launch: SpaceX to send 1st all-civilian crew into orbit

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The Inspiration4 crew is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday evening. The first all-civilian flight to orbit will act as a proof of concept for SpaceX and the broader private spaceflight industry, which wants to send many more people to space in the coming years and decades.

The latest: The crew members, who have had about six months of training and preparation, were strapped into their seats inside the Dragon capsule around 5:20pm ET. The launch will be aired live via SpaceX on Wednesday with liftoff expected at 8:02pm ET.

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Zachary Basu
46 mins ago - World

Australia to acquire nuclear submarines in historic security pact with U.S., U.K.

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The U.S. and U.K. will help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines as part of a historic trilateral security partnership announced Wednesday afternoon by the leaders of the three countries.

Why it matters: The partnership, known as AUKUS, is a major strategic pact that will bind the U.S. and U.K. to Australia's security for generations — and a warning to China as the Biden administration continues to lay the groundwork for countering Beijing in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

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Biden expresses "great confidence" in top general after Woodward report

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President Biden on Wednesday expressed "great confidence" in Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley after a new book said the general secretly assured his Chinese counterpart that President Trump had no plans to launch an attack.

The big picture: Details emerged that Milley told his Chinese counterpart that if Trump did decide to attack, Milley would give him a heads-up, Axios' Jonathan Swan reports.

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