President Biden returned from Europe with a deal to expand the NATO alliance and plans for the biggest U.S. military footprint in the continent since the Cold War. But awaiting him back home was a host of domestic challenges, including intraparty frustration with his response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning abortion rights, continuing economic worries and questions about the fate of his legislative agenda.
With some fellow Democrats calling for him to be more forceful on abortion, Mr. Biden endorsed making an exception to filibuster rules to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, as he wrapped up his trip. And on his first day back, he met virtually with Democratic governors, some of whom continued to push Mr. Biden to make more use of federal resources to protect access to abortion.