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WATCH: Biden announces 500 million free tests, other changes to COVID-19 strategy

By Josh Boak, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Colleen Long, Associated Press

Biden is expected on Tuesday to detail major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan, his hand forced by the arrival of the fast-spreading variant, whose properties are yet not fully understood by scientists.

Democrats attempt to ‘build back’ after Manchin tanks $2 trillion bill

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Democrats are struggling to pick up the pieces after Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.

Biden raises automobile fuel-economy standards to fight climate change

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.

WATCH: Psaki holds news briefing amid Manchin’s Build Back Better bill impasse

By Associated Press

Speaking at the White House briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the president vowed to "work like hell" in the coming days to find a solution to the impasse.

Manchin won’t back $2 trillion Build Back Better bill, upends Biden’s agenda

By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Hope Yen, Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin has all but delivered a death blow to President Joe Biden's $2 trillion domestic initiative. Saying he can't support the package, the West Virginia Democrat has single-handedly thrown his party's agenda into jeopardy.

Biden’s approval dips to new low as independents sour on his leadership

By Matt Loffman

Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job he has been doing as president, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

WATCH: Biden pledges fight for voting rights, police reform in SC speech

By Meg Kinnard, Josh Boak, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation.

WATCH: Biden awards Medal of Honor to three soldiers for actions in Iraq, Afghanistan

By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor in combat, to three soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two were recognized posthumously.

Senate sends Biden big defense bill that addresses military sexual assault

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Congress has sent President Joe Biden a $768.2 billion defense bill that makes landmark changes to the way the military handles sexual assaults and keeps women out of the draft.

WATCH: Biden pledges ‘whatever it takes’ to assist tornado victims

By Josh Boak, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

“The scope and scale of this destruction is almost beyond belief,” he said as he stood before a home reduced to a few walls and piles of rubble in Dawson Springs, one of two Kentucky towns he visited.