Congress faces make-or-break moment to secure bipartisan deals on key Biden priorities

President Joe Biden's bipartisan push faces a crucial moment on Capitol Hill this month where talks over several big-ticket items could lead to major legislative victories hailed by both parties -- or they could collapse and prompt a bitter round of recriminations and open partisan warfare.

It's a big week for talks: On Wednesday, Biden is slated to host his first meeting at the White House with Republican and Democratic leadership from the House and Senate since taking office. The following day, he'll meet with six GOP senators on infrastructure. Republican and Democratic sources say that the outcome of a number of major items -- Biden's infrastructure plan, policing legislation and a bill to curb China's influence -- could go either way this month, leading a bipartisan coalition to push a fragile compromise through a divided Congress or prompting the parties to give up on finding a deal. While there's been progress on some key issues in the effort to overhaul policing, and a top House Democrat on Sunday signaled openness to accepting a deal that does not end qualified immunity, several sources familiar with discussions were wary that a deal could be reached by Biden's May 25 deadline, the first anniversary of George Floyd's death.