What losing Build Back Better means for climate change
Climate scientists warn that emissions need to fall quickly. Those cuts will be even tougher with the Build Back Better legislation shelved for the foreseeable future.
Politics & Government
Biden struggles with political agenda and COVID-19, new NPR poll shows
President Biden faces crises with his domestic agenda and the pandemic, as his approval among the public continues to falter.
News brief: Omicron variant, Build Back Better, Chile's president-elect
The latest coronavirus variant is spreading quickly. West Virginia Sen. Manchin says he won't support the president's Build Back Better plan. A leftist millennial wins Chile's presidential election.
A leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president
Gabriel Boric, 35, defeated a far-right lawmaker in a divisive election. Poised to become Chile's youngest modern president, he's vowed to expand social services and boost environmental protections.
Joe Manchin may have just killed Biden's Build Back Better plan
Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin went on Fox News this morning and delivered what sounded like a fatal blow to Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda.
Chileans choose next president in divisive election
The runoff in Chile's presidential election pits a far-right candidate against a young far-left candidate.
Manchin says Build Back Better's climate measures are risky. That's not true
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin had spent months watering down Biden's ambitious climate plans. His final objections to the bill's climate measures are misleading.
Joe Manchin says he won't support President Biden's Build Back Better plan
The announcement by the West Virginia Democrat dooms the $2 trillion social spending and climate legislation, which needs support from every Senate Democrat in order to pass through the 50-50 chamber.
Johnny Isakson, former GOP senator known for building consensus, dies at age 76
The former Georgia lawmaker rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, behind-the-scenes force for compromise.
COVID-19 resurgence trips up Biden's agenda
President Biden, who campaigned on taming the pandemic, is struggling to deliver as COVID-19 mutates and parts of the American public refuse to cooperate.