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Biden's new budget ditches FDR-style spending ambitions

The budget blueprint Biden released tries to address the deep economic uncertainty caused by inflation.

Axios

Biden’s budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits

President Joe Biden is releasing a budget blueprint that tries to tell voters what a diverse and at times fractured Democratic party stands for

The Independent UK

Biden to ask Congress to fund the police with $32 billion in new spending

The president wants to show Americans he is addressing rising crime.

Axios

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In his budget, Biden to propose deficit cuts and social spending flexibility

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget release on Monday is shaping up as a direct appeal to moderate Democrats, emphasizing deficit reduction and flexibility on social spending as the White House hopes to win support for new legislation before November’s midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Biden to announce a ‘billionaire income tax’ in new budget

Tesla founder Elon Musk would pay an extra $50bn per year under Biden’s plan

The Independent UK

Biden to sidestep ‘Build Back Better’ proposals in his budget

President Joe Biden will broadly endorse the climate, social safety net and tax code changes the White House has pursued as part of his “Build Back Better” agenda in his budget proposal Monday, but he won’t specify the costs or revenues in a bid to avoid disrupting congressional negotiations.

Tribune News Service

Race-based questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘mirrors’ experience of Thurgood Marshall

America’s first Black justice was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1967 but some question how much has changed, writes Andrew Buncombe

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Climate action has been ‘a calamity’, says Senate Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’

The Guardian - US

Sen. Joe Manchin will vote to approve Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

Joe Manchin says he’ll vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

The Democratic swing vote said he will support President Joe Biden’s nominee

The Independent UK

Manchin says he will vote to confirm Jackson as Supreme Court justice

Manchin's support essentially guarantees Jackson's confirmation to the court.

Axios

Biden in Poland for meetings on Ukraine refugee crisis – US politics as it happened

President travels to Rzeszow, 60 miles from Ukraine border, to meet US troops and Polish counterpart – follow the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US

Manchin outlines BBB deal requirements

Manchin recently told climate activists he's open to supporting revised Build Back Better legislation.

Axios

Biden’s ‘cursed presidency’: gas prices are latest headache as midterms loom

In his 14 months in office, the US president has grappled with Covid, inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war and energy prices – and seemingly can’t catch a break

The Guardian - US

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The uphill battle to resurrect the US child tax credit that lifted millions from poverty

Monthly payments became a lifeline for many families, and their lapse had a devastating effect, but the policy seems to have no path forward in the Senate

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Fossil fuel barons killed Biden's Fed pick because she talked sense on climate change

If you're curious about what the bare-knuckled exercise of political power by special interests looks like, go no further than the torpedoing of Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to a high post at the Federal Reserve.

The Independent UK

Joe Manchin seen swiping on iPad while Marjorie Taylor Greene looks for phone during Zelensky’s speech

A video clip of Mr Manchin’s swiping, as other lawmakers listened somberly to the address, went viral on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Joe Manchin seen swiping on iPad during Zelensky’s speech to Congress

A video clip of Mr Manchin’s swiping, as other lawmakers listened somberly to the address, went viral on Wednesday

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Salon

Manchin's odd opposition to electric car

The West Virginia Democrat doesn't want to be left "standing in line waiting for a battery for my vehicle"

Axios

Inside Schumer and Manchin's secret Italian dinner

The dinner did little to repair their differences over how Democrats can retain power in the Senate.

Axios

Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws Federal Reserve nomination

Raskin's nomination was effectively set to fail after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) announced his opposition on Monday.

Salon

Joe Manchin is back to block Joe Biden

Manchin's party, meanwhile, has widely touted Sarah Bloom Raskin's pedigree

Axios

Why Sarah Bloom Raskin's climate views sank her Fed nomination

The move signals the oil and gas industry's resistance to weaving climate into financial policies.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: will voters approve of Biden’s handling of the Ukraine crisis?

Democrats tout Biden’s role in responding to Russian aggression and highlight contrast with Putin-friendly Trump. Plus, Pete Davidson is going to space

The Guardian - US

Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight

Centrist Democrat, who holds key swing vote in US Senate, has poured scorn on the idea of phasing out gasoline and diesel cars

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