‘I will not back down’: Biden vows executive action if Senate cannot pass climate bill – as it happened

President urges Senate to pass legislation amid Manchin oppositionSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe Guardian’s Lois Beckett reports on an overlooked aspect of the bipartisan gun safety bill passed last month that will pay for efforts to reduce gun violence in neighborhoods across the country:In 2013, a month after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a group of Black pastors and other activists visited the Obama White House to press the administr