
Biden goes all in to try to defuse Democrat-on-Democrat war with his agenda on the brink
CNN
President Joe Biden may have started this week with a foreign policy-heavy schedule, but his decision to launch intensive in-person engagement at the White House on Wednesday makes clear the reality: The stakes for his domestic agenda simply could not be higher at this moment, nor the impasses more complicated to reconcile.
Biden will meet with a series of Democrats throughout the day on Wednesday, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. It will mark the most expansive in-person engagement Biden has undertaken since he took office and underscores just how critical this moment is for his presidency. Officials say he'll also be on the phone with Democrats regularly in the days ahead as well.
Biden and his team have spent months quietly focused on revitalizing the White House-congressional relations in the wake of his predecessor, from the President's role on down. Past legislative victories show those efforts have paid off -- to this point. But this is now the ultimate test -- far more complex and high stakes than any past negotiation.

Over the past 10 days, Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in Western Europe during his first foreign trip, decamped to Capitol Hill to help in delicate budget talks and delivered a spirited defense of the Trump administration’s first month to a gathering of conservatives outside the nation’s capital.