
Manchin to give 'clarity' on his position on Biden agenda after expressing major concerns
CNN
Sen. Joe Manchin, the pivotal voice who could determine the fate of President Joe Biden's agenda, said he plans to provide "clarity" later on Monday on where he sees his party's massive economic plan headed.
Manchin has been coy about his views of this proposal, despite months of efforts by Biden and his team to court the West Virginia Democrat to back a pared back plan. But Manchin has been concerned about a number of proposals, including an expansion of Medicare.
The bill is not yet finalized, but Biden announced a framework last week spelling out key details and the plan is poised to grow the entitlement program to cover hearing benefits but stops short of vision and dental coverage as many liberals had demanded.

Lawyers for Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s move to cut Kelly’s retirement pay and reduce his rank in response to Kelly’s urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. The lawsuit argues punishing Kelly violates the First Amendment and will have a chilling effect on legislative oversight.

Hundreds of Border Patrol officers are mobilizing to bolster the president’s crackdown on immigration in snowy Minneapolis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday, as tensions between federal law enforcement and local counterparts flare after an ICE-involved shooting last week left a mother of three dead.











