earth written response to manchin s announcement appeared to make things more tense. word today of a sunday night phone call between manchin and president biden to try mend the relationship and try to save something legislatively. but breaking in just the past few minutes, the cdc now says only chron is the most common coronavirus variant in the u.s. accounting for nearly three quarters of the covid-19 cases. this as the biden administration is dealing with a massive increase in the overall number of coronavirus infections. and the perception it was not ready for either delta or the new omicron strains. the president is scheduled to outline his response to the surge in a speech tomorrow. wall street is not waiting. investors bailed today with major markets losing around 1 percentage point in value. over the weekend a federal court reinstated the administration s vaccine mandate for large businesses there are several emergency petitions between the u.s. supreme court seeking t
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