President Biden said he encountered a 'real eagerness' for American leadership in confronting global challenges during his meetings with world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Rome.

President Biden delivers remarks after meeting with other world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Rome.

Several thousand people marched in Rome as the Group of 20 summit was underway. The demonstrators included a broad range of groups, including climate activists, vaccine skeptics and labor union members.

Leaders of the world's largest economies were joined by first responders as they posed for photographs at the start of the two-day Group of 20 summit in Rome.

Mario Draghi started the Group of 20 meeting in Rome with a message that advocated multilateralism and the fair disbursement of vaccines between rich and poor nations.

The Albany County sheriff acknowledged that his office had not coordinated with the county's district attorney before filing a criminal complaint against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, but he rejected accusations that the filing was a 'political hit job.'

The families of nine Black parishioners who were fatally shot by a white supremacist, and survivors of the shooting, reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department.

Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said that her members wanted to see the text of the Build Back Better plan before voting on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Chris Hipkins, New Zealand's Covid-19 response minister, announced that the mandatory quarantine period for travelers to the country would be cut in half next month. The changes would free up about 1,500 rooms a month in the country's quarantine hotels.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland rejected Republicans' criticisms that the Justice Department's initiative to address threats against educators was an effort to intimidate parents who were concerned about issues like curriculums and mask mandates.