Biden pushes private talks into the open as the White House keeps its foot on the gas
CNN
For weeks White House officials have deliberately avoided delving into the details of President Joe Biden's private negotiations over the scope and scale of his mult-trillion dollar domestic agenda.
Biden apparently had enough of that, going in depth on the policy, concessions, personal interactions with hold-out senators and more in his CNN Town Hall. That wasn't an accident, one person familiar with matter said, as it served as the next play in Biden's sharp pivot this week to close out talks that have moved in fits and starts for months.
That push will continue on Friday, officials say, even as the prospects for the "framework" deal pushed by Democratic leadership appears out of reach.
President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the northeastern part of the country close to the Russian border, two US officials told CNN.