* House Dems eye taxes on wealthy, corporations to pay for $3.5 trillion budget
* Sen. Manchin, a key swing vote, says he will not vote for $3.5 trillion budget
* Government-shutdown risk is rising threat for Democrats in Washington
* Delta variant drives another Covid-19 outbreak in China
* North Korea reports testing a new long-range missile
* Russia’s military influence in Africa is rising, posing challenge to status quo
* US job growth won’t regain peak until 2030, new gov’t analysis predicts
* US producer inflation accelerated in August, reaching record 8.3% from year ago: