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Joe Manchin Privately Told Colleagues Parents Use Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs — The West Virginia senator just killed Democrats' agenda. In private negotiations, he questioned whether the poorest Americans would spend financial aid wisely. — WASHINGTON — After months of haggling …
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How months of talks between Biden and Manchin over Build Back Better broke down — (CNN)President Joe Biden was at home in Delaware Sunday when Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on Fox News to abruptly declare he could not support his sweeping social and climate plan.
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Goldman Sachs cuts US economic forecast after Joe Manchin rejects Build Back Better — (CNN Business)Senator Joe Manchin's opposition to the Build Back Better Act prompted Goldman Sachs to swiftly dim its US economic outlook. — The Wall Street firm told clients Sunday …
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Washington Post:
From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden's fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled — WILMINGTON, Del. — As Democrats feuded over the size and scope of their sweeping social spending proposal this fall, President Biden invited Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va) to his home here for breakfast …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The case for why BBB is dead — and for why it may not be — DRIVING THE DAY — Not 24 hours after Sen. JOE MANCHIN pulled the plug on President JOE BIDEN's Build Back Better Act, Democratic leaders are scrambling to revive it. White House officials are reimagining …
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Axios:
Manchin's next move — If Sen. Joe Manchin bolts the Democratic Party, he'd be more likely to switch to independent — and caucus with the Democrats — than become a Republican, people close to him tell Axios. — Driving the news: Manchin's surprise body blow to President Biden's Build …
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New York Times:
Manchin Rejects Landmark Legislation, Putting Biden's Climate Goals at Risk
Manchin Rejects Landmark Legislation, Putting Biden's Climate Goals at Risk
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Politico:
Dems trip over their own sky-high expectations
Dems trip over their own sky-high expectations
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Politico:
How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin's ‘no’
How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin's ‘no’
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats plot next steps after Manchin knifes Biden's Build Back Better Act
Democrats plot next steps after Manchin knifes Biden's Build Back Better Act
The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden promised competence and order. Chaos and uncertainty are winning.
Biden promised competence and order. Chaos and uncertainty are winning.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sen. Joe Manchin's position on Build Back Better reflects the reality of West Virginia politics
Sen. Joe Manchin's position on Build Back Better reflects the reality of West Virginia politics
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Path Ahead for Biden: Overcome Manchin's Inflation Fears
Nicole Asbury / Washington Post:
D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust — A Watkins Elementary School staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates' mass graves and simulate shooting the victims, according to an email from the school's principal.
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Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she have vaccine after contracting Covid — The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate revealed in March she had tested positive for Covid — Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will authorities make her have a covid vaccine shot
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Moderna says its booster significantly raises the level of antibodies to thwart Omicron. — A booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine significantly raises the level of antibodies that can thwart the Omicron variant, the company announced on Monday. — The news arrives …
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Wall Street Journal:
NYU Is Top-Ranked—In Loans That Alumni and Parents Struggle to Repay — By many measures, the elite Manhattan school is the worst or among the worst for leaving families and graduate students drowning in debt; 'It feels like I'm kind of trapped' — Five months after Kassandra Jones earned …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Sires won't seek re-election to Congress; U.S. Senator's son emerges as likely successor — Hudson County Democrat will retire after 2022 election after 18 years in Congress and five years as N.J. Assembly Speaker — Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) will not seek re-election in 2022 …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Why Trump appears deeply unnerved as Capitol attack investigation closes in — Flurry of recent revelations raises the specter that the committee is swiftly heading towards an incriminating conclusion — Donald Trump is increasingly agitated by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack …
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Greg Clary / CNN:
3 Democratic lawmakers announce positive Covid-19 tests — (CNN)Three Democratic members of Congress announced Sunday that they have breakthrough coronavirus infections. — Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey as well as Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado shared …
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Ashish K. Jha / The Atlantic:
Don't Panic About Omicron. But Don't Be Indifferent, Either. — The Omicron wave is upon us, and the national conversation is vacillating between panic and indifference. Those who are near panic point to rapidly rising case counts and lockdowns in several European nations.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar — “I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let's Go, Brandon!” meme. — WOODFORD, Va. — “What actually keeps you from getting any nausea is that you're so zoned in on just doing this …
PBS NewsHour:
Biden's approval dips to new low as independents sour on his leadership — As President Joe Biden heads into the end of the year, he's facing a sour reality: The number of Americans who approve of his performance has hit a new low. Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job he has been doing …