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The EPA announces new rules for vehicle mileage standards, the White House says President Biden and Senator Manchin remain friends, and the Omicron variant now makes up more than 73 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases.

Manchin faces backlash and praise for possibly killing Build Back Better; a Child Tax Credit extension may not be off the table; and voting rights legislation punted to 2022.

Harris touts new lead line removal plan; Senate debates voting-rights legislation; 1994 Violence Against Women Act gets update; and Congress slaps import ban on China.

Congress raises the debt ceiling and approves the annual defense spending bill, President Biden visits Kentucky to survey storm damage, and the Fed is ending its pandemic stimulus initiative.

The Proud Boys and Oathkeepers named in a Jan. 6 civil suit; the House votes on a Meadows contempt charge; and Schumer accuses Republicans of obstructing Biden nominees.

President Biden will visit tornado-ravaged Kentucky, Sen. Joe Manchin continues to push back on Build Back Better, and former Trump administration official Mark Meadows is referred for criminal contempt charges.

Western Kentucky grapples with rising death toll from deadly tornadoes; FEMA administrator says more extreme weather events likely due to climate change; and Biden acknowledges inflation is hurting Americans.

Former President Donald Trump's latest effort to shield privileged documents is denied by a judge as Democrats advance a bill to curb executive powers, and former Senator Bob Dole lies in state at the Capitol.

President Biden says U.S. troops won't prevent Russia invasion of Ukraine, Democrats want Rep. Boebert punished over her anti-Muslim comments, and Mark Meadows fires back over a subpoena from the January 6th panel.

Presidents Biden and Putin talk about the Ukrainian border in a virtual meeting, the Senate reaches an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, and officials testify about closing the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay.