Axios

At least half a million people are known to be homeless in the United States — and the pandemic complicated efforts around the country to keep people housed. But cities are still trying to fix this. Washington, D.C, is doing something different —a pilot program offering one-year leases to unhoused residents in the city.

Axios Re:Cap talks with Axios’ D.C. reporter Chelsea Cirruzzo who’s been reporting on the pilot program this week.

After days of will-they, won’t-they on the Hill, Senate Democrats and Republicans came to an agreement yesterday to extend the debt ceiling through early December. This came less than two weeks ahead of a deadline that would have seen the U.S. default on its debt for the first time.

• Plus, the U.S. races to catch up on at-home COVID testing.
• And, COVID deaths in America are on the decline.

Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, Marisa Fernandez and Sam Baker.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo, Michael Hanf, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go deeper:

• Senate reaches agreement to raise debt ceiling through early December
• White House to expand supply of at-home COVID tests by December
• COVID deaths are finally falling