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Five key moments that shaped Biden’s presidency so far

As Biden announces re-election campaign, Al Jazeera looks at some of the major issues his administration has handled.

Al Jazeera

COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back

In March 2020, the economy grinded to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic forced widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy collapse, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a large expansion of the social safety net.

Tribune News Service

Stephen Colbert: ‘Manchin was visited by the ghost of climate future’

Late-night hosts discuss Joe Manchin’s reversal on the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes $369bn to cut emissions

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Can Congress still pass some of Biden’s climate ideas this year?

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, from campaign trail through his first year in office, declared himself a climate-forward leader.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Conor Lamb is the best choice Pa. Democrats have to flip a Senate seat

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month, President Joe Biden joked: “I came to office with an ambitious agenda, and I expected it to face stiff opposition in the Senate. I just hoped it would be from Republicans.” Even though the Democrats are technically in control of the 50-50…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democratic senator Joe Manchin cuts ad for West Virginia Republican

Manchin cites Biden Build Back Better spending plan he sank in ad for David McKinley, challenger to Trump-backed incumbent

The Guardian - US

Joe Manchin would have caucused with GOP if McConnell weren’t leader, new book claims

’If you were leader I would do it,’ the West Virginia Democrat reportedly said to Sen John Thune about defecting to his party, according to an excerpt from This Will Not Shall Pass

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Progressive Caucus: Now meaningless?

In endorsing centrist incumbent over Bernie Sanders ally, Congressional Progressive Caucus finally loses the plot

Salon

Obama tells Democrats how to win midterms in first White House return in five years

The former president was on hand to commemorate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s passage

The Independent UK

$35 insulin cap is welcome, popular and bipartisan. But Congress may not pass it anyway

Democrats in the Senate are primed this month to make their first attempt at salvaging one of the most popular elements of President Joe Biden’s stalled "Build Back Better" plan — the proposal to cap insulin costs at $35 a month.

Tribune News Service

Biden emphasizes need for Build Back Better, citing a more just tax system – as it happened

Senator Joe Manchin doomed legislation last month, but there are signs Democrats are seeking to revive parts of it

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