Here's what's in the $1.75 trillion economic plan Biden will try to sell his party  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday will make the case for a significantly scaled-back version of his massive economic plan to expand the social safety net hours before departing for his second major foreign trip as president.

President Biden Announces the Build Back Better Framework  —  Joe Biden believes that there's no greater economic engine in the world than the hard work and ingenuity of the American people.  But for too long, the economy has worked great for those at the top, while working families continually get squeezed.

The White House just announced a pretty good deal.  But we're not there yet.  —  On a conference call with reporters Thursday morning, the White House announced the rough outlines of a framework on President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.  —  However, there were still so many unknowns …

Build Back Better Framework  —  The Build Back Better Act will create millions of good-paying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the labor force, spur long-term growth, reduce price pressures and set the United States on course to meet its clean energy ambitions.

Will Critical Race Theory Sink McAuliffe?  —  Democrats need to tack to the middle on cultural issues.  —  There are two big reasons that Republican Glenn Youngkin shouldn't be within striking distance of Virginia's state house.  The first is that Virginia has been trending Democratic over the past decade and a half.

U.S. economy grew at annual rate of 2% in the third quarter, as delta variant pulled back progress  —  The GDP report, released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, offered yet another snapshot of an economy overshadowed by the ongoing pandemic  —  The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate …