What’s next for Biden’s agenda after Manchin’s “no”

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A3OBelPV5TWCMeUDad6s73w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explores what Joe Manchin&rsquo;s &rdquo;no&rdquo; on the giant spending bill means for Biden&rsquo;s economic agenda.</p> <p>Democrats in Georgia helped flip the U.S. Senate and turn the state blue. <a href="https://apple.news/AR2bNCgo_RImV_hhPtacmmA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports on how Republican state lawmakers are trying to dilute those gains.</p> <p>The Omicron coronavirus variant is spreading. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9R9m891VS4aIExsAJhS-BA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains how to decide whether to change your holiday travel plans because of COVID.</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning science reporter canceled his 40th birthday party because of the Omicron variant. He writes in the <a href="https://apple.news/Ae7ODYeQsTSmg96TaifFB3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> about how he came to the decision.</p> <p>Electric cars are expected to be a part of reducing global carbon emissions. But mining the nickel needed for their batteries can itself be very environmentally damaging. <a href="https://apple.news/ACuUHpNOeTril2PFNCxb46w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> has the story.</p> <p>A <a href="https://apple.news/AU1MkyKUWRX223WWsdSC2LA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Deadspin</a> writer explains why he&rsquo;s outraged that the New York Giants&rsquo; Fan Appreciation Day gift was a medium-sized fountain drink.</p>