President Joe Biden is arriving back at the White House in the biggest presidency-defining moment of his nine-month-old term, which has so far been tested at home and abroad.

While Biden was overseas, progressive Democrats shifted tacks in their intraparty fight over the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal and Biden’s $1.75 trillion partisan social welfare and climate spending framework, repeating they “trust” Biden to persuade the likes of centrist Sen. Joe Manchin to support the larger package. Now, against the backdrop of the closer-than-expected Virginia gubernatorial race, Biden is under pressure to perform.

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