Axios

After several hours of peace talks in Turkey, Russian officials said yesterday they would scale back military activity near Kyiv, Ukraine and to the north.

• Plus, U.S. covid booster strategy takes a page from choose-your-own adventure.
• And, young women are out-earning men in more than 20 American cities.

Guests: Axios' Zach Basu, Caitlin Owens and Emily Peck.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, 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.

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• Dashboard: Russian invasion of Ukraine
• CDC recommends second booster shot for Americans over 50
• Young women earn more than men in 22 U.S. cities
• Biden signs into law first anti-lynching bill in U.S. history

President Biden Monday proposed a $5.8 trillion budget for the coming fiscal year, which would include a tax on billionaires and increased spending on defense, supply chain issues and law enforcement.

• Plus, Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife under scrutiny from the Jan 6th committee.
• And, how modernizing public transit could displace people who need it the most.

Guests: Axios' Hans Nichols, Andrew Solender, and Danielle Chemtob

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, 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.

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• First look: Biden to ask Congress to fund the police
• Klobuchar: Thomas should recuse himself from election cases
• Will Charlotte’s $13.5 billion transit plan benefit those who need it most?