
White House previews Biden's economic message ahead of State of the Union
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Washington — President Biden will reintroduce pieces of his domestic policy agenda when he addresses Congress during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night and highlight what he sees as his achievements during his first year in office, senior administration officials told reporters in a briefing call on Monday.
While they avoided confirming whether the president will specifically mention "inflation," an issue that is top of mind for American voters, one official said the president would address "price increases" that "become entrenched" and "eat away at the economic progress the country is making and squeez[e] families' budgets."
It's unclear exactly how or when Congress will act on the president's domestic tax and spending agenda — known as Build Back Better — with just months before the midterm elections. The proposal faltered in December when Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia withdrew his support. In his address, the president will "make clear that there is more work to do, that there is more work to rebuild the economy towards resilience, security, and sustainability."

WASHINGTON — An American intelligence assessment of the Ecuadorian presidential election, set for Sunday, concluded that a reelection of the incumbent president would better serve U.S. national security interests over the challenger. The assessment comes as the Trump administration mulls establishing a permanent U.S. military presence in the South American country, once known as the "island of peace," to help battle violent gangs, CBS News has learned.