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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Instagram   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Oct 14, 2024 Happy holiday Monday! Today's newsletter, edited by Donica Phifer, is 553 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Carlos Cunha for copy editing.     🛫 1 big thing: Biden globetrotting   Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios President Biden plans to visit South America and sub-Saharan Africa for the first time as president in his final weeks in office. His overseas trips until now have largely been limited to Europe, the Middle East and East Asia, Axios' Dave Lawler writes. Why it matters: Presidents' travels reflect their priorities. 🌍 Biden came into office pledging to reinvigorate NATO and, in Asia, to strengthen U.S. alliances to counter China. 🛢His focus on the Middle East has been necessitated by circumstances, from rising oil prices to the war in Gaza. 🇦🇴 Biden would be in Angola right now, belatedly fulfilling a promise to visit sub-Saharan Africa. But the trip was delayed to deal with Hurricane Milton. The White House says it's working to reschedule the visit. Biden is also expected to visit Peru next month for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, followed by Brazil for the G20. He has visited Latin America only once as president — a trip to Mexico last year. 🔎 The intrigue: Biden hasn't visited China, unlike his three immediate predecessors. He did meet President Xi Jinping at APEC in the Bay Area last year. Biden has traveled less than Presidents Obama, George W. Bush or Clinton did in their first terms — and thus far has visited the same number of countries (25) as President Trump. COVID made travel tough early in Biden's presidency. Share this story.     🗓 2. Holiday divide   Data: Axios research, Pew Research Center. (Map shows state-observed holidays; some cities observe others. Alabama and Virginia observe Columbus Day + another holiday besides Indigenous Peoples' Day.) Map: Axios Visuals States are split over whether to recognize today as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Columbus Day, both ... or neither. Why it matters: The divide is more than symbolic. It excavates deep-rooted tensions over the nation's identity and history, Axios' Delano Massey writes. Some Native advocates see the rebrand as a symbolic gesture that still falls short of the progress needed. Others view replacing Columbus Day as disrespectful to Italian American heritage and a loss of cultural celebration. Data: Census Bureau. Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios The states with the largest Indigenous share of the population are Alaska, Oklahoma, New Mexico and South Dakota. Photos: Today's celebrations of Indigenous cultures.     A message from Instagram New Instagram Teen Accounts: Automatic protections for teens     Instagram is launching Teen Accounts, with built-in protections limiting who can contact teens and the content they can see. Plus, only parents can approve safety setting changes for teens under 16. The impact: More protections for teens, and peace of mind for parents. Learn more.     3. Catch me up   The Panda Express at Dulles last year. Photo: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images 🐼 A pair of giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are headed from China to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where a new panda "hammock," made out of strips of fire hose, and 40 new Panda cams await them. (Washington Post) 🕯️ Tom Donohue, who was instrumental in expanding the clout and wealth of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, died today at his home in Northern Virginia at 86. Axios obituary. 📺 Vice President Harris has scheduled a sit-down interview with Fox News's Bret Baier in Pennsylvania — her first-ever formal with the cable news network. The conversation will air on "Special Report" on Wednesday. Go deeper.     4. 🏈 Army-Navy juggernaut   Data: AP Top 25 College Football Poll It was 1960 — 64 years ago — when Army and Navy last appeared together in the AP College Football Top 25. The two teams broke through in Week 8, bolstered by their prolific offenses and undefeated records. 💡 Worth noting: 1957 was the last time that both were ranked during the annual Army-Navy game. "America's Game" will be Dec. 13, the weekend before the expanded College Football Playoff begins. What's next: On Saturday, Army hosts East Carolina. Charlotte plays at Navy. Go deeper.     A message from Instagram Teen Accounts: A new protected experience for teens, guided by parents     Instagram Teen Accounts have automatic protections for who can contact teens and the content they can see. Plus, only parents can approve safety setting changes for teens under 16. What this means: Built-in protections for teens, and peace of mind for parents. Learn more.   📬 Please invite your friends to join PM. 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