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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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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Schumer Will Try to Change Senate Rules if G.O.P. Stalls Voting Bill — The Senate majority leader still lacks the votes to alter the filibuster, but he said he will renew the effort to enact voting rights measures as early as the first week of January. — WASHINGTON — Stymied by Republicans …
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HuffPost:
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic leaders fire a new shot at Manchin as his isolation deepens — Early Monday morning, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that the Senate will vote early next year on a new version of Build Back Better, after Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) declared his intention to torpedo the proposal.
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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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin hits back at White House pressure on Biden plan
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin to Dems: Redo the whole thing, maybe I'll vote for it
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Manchin defends decision to quash Build Back Better Act, saying he was at his 'wit's end'
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Alan Cole / Full Stack Economics:
Joe Manchin's friends aren't listening to him
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Don't Count Out Manchin's Vote Just Yet
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Manchin Rescues the Democrats
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The case for why BBB is dead — and for why it may not be
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Goldman Sachs cuts US economic forecast after Joe Manchin rejects Build Back Better
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New York Times:
Trump Sues New York A.G. in Attempt to Stop Inquiry Into His Business — The attorney general, Letitia James, is seeking to question the former president under oath next month as part of a long-running investigation. — Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the New York State attorney general …
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Reveals He Got Vaccine Booster Shot, Gets Booed by Tour Crowd — Donald Trump was met with boos when he revealed he had received a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday. Trump made the revelation after telling a mostly unmasked crowd at the American Airlines Center …
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The Times of Israel:
DC 3rd graders made to reenact Holocaust ‘because Jews ruined Christmas’ — Children told to simulate digging mass graves and shooting victims; Jewish student cast as Hitler and made to pretend to commit suicide at end of exercise — A staff member at a Washington DC school has been suspended …
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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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Matthew A. Winkler / Bloomberg:
Biden's Economic Performance Has Proved Unbeatable — No first-year president going back to Carter comes close to matching the current White House occupant's No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in each of 10 key measures. — U.S. financial markets are outperforming the world by the biggest margin in the 21st century …
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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 …
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 …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection — Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a leading voice of House Democrats' moderate wing, announced Monday she won't seek reelection next fall in another stinging loss for her party. — The Florida Democrat — who flipped a GOP-held battleground seat …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Oust Trump coup planners, enablers and provocateurs from public office. They betrayed us. — Expulsion is the most severe penalty in Congress. Its historic trigger has been disloyalty to America - a hallmark of Trump's Big Lie and failed coup. — The price of admission in a democracy is accepting that your side has lost.
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The Texas Tribune:
The push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries — Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves. — Copy link — When the Llano County Library shuts down for three days this week, starting Tuesday, it won't be for the holidays.
John B. Washington / The Atlantic:
Trump's Big Border Wall Is Now a Pile of Rusting Steel — Tens of thousands of heavy steel slats, once destined to become part of former President Donald Trump's border wall, are slowly rusting in the open air throughout the southwestern borderlands. The bollards—18- or 33-foot-long hollow posts …
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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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Daniel N. Gullotta / The Bulwark:
When Christmas Was Really Under Attack — The Puritans and the original “war on Christmas.” — (GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK) — Talk of the “war on Christmas” has become as much a part of the annual tradition in America as the tree, the tinsel, and the tracking of Santa on NORAD.
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Liz Szabo / NBC News:
Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys — The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. — Stress levels among expectant mothers have soared. Pregnant women with Covid are five times as likely as uninfected pregnant people …
Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
Louis C.K. Surprise Special Sorry Sparks Twitter Debate on Cancel Culture: 'Proves He Hasn't Learned Anything' — Louis C.K. dropped a new standup special this weekend, sparking a debate on whether on not the comedian was ever really canceled after admitting to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
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