We\u2019re keeping our eyes on three big things this week when senators return this afternoon:\n1. The brewing Manchin-Sanders faceoff.\n2. The status of the marriage bill.\n3. How will the White House handle the new Taiwan bill?\nAnd Playbook's Eugene Daniels chats with New York magazine reporter (and former POLITICO) Gabriel Debenedetti about his new book, \u201cThe Long Alliance,\u201d that comes out Tuesday. In it, he explores the complex and \u2014 as he puts it \u2014 \u201cmisunderstood relationship\u201d between President Joe Biden and Barack Obama.\xa0\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.