We’re keeping our eyes on three big things this week when senators return this afternoon:

1. The brewing Manchin-Sanders faceoff.

2. The status of the marriage bill.

3. How will the White House handle the new Taiwan bill?

And Playbook's Eugene Daniels chats with New York magazine reporter (and former POLITICO) Gabriel Debenedetti about his new book, “The Long Alliance,” that comes out Tuesday. In it, he explores the complex and — as he puts it — “misunderstood relationship” between President Joe Biden and Barack Obama. 

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