As Biden signed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday, Pete Buttigieg finds himself overseeing $210 billion in discretionary grants, making him the most powerful transportation secretary ever.

Here's what's happening.

For the next few years, he'll dole out those funds to projects across the country, including megaprojects like the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Kentucky and Ohio, a key reason why Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted for the bill.

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Now, Buttigieg's Department of Transportation will get to pick and choose which projects to back.

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Buttigieg's rise from Midwestern mayor to presiding over administering hundreds of billions of dollars in a historic infrastructure package illustrates his dramatic political arc.

He's now one of Biden's go-to Cabinet members on

Buttigieg's childhood pal and presidential campaign manager, Mike Schmuhl, said the infrastructure bill represents Buttigieg's grounding belief that politics should, at core, address the mundane issues of everyday life.

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Biden followed through on his promise to end America's longest war, and may be held responsible for the tragedy unfolding.

Here's how the White House is reacting to the situation.

President Joe Biden will address the United States on Monday afternoon regarding the crisis in Afghanistan.

His address will be his first since the Taliban stormed Kabul on

With the Taliban set to re-declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden's decision to commit to a swift withdrawal has left the country and US personnel in

Biden's national security advisor, @jakejsullivan, says Afghanistan fell to the Taliban because the Afghan army lacked the 'will' to defend its country.

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Biden said there was 'no circumstance' in which US citizens would be evacuated from Kabul by helicopter 5 weeks before exactly that happened.

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