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Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful
Behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One or in meetings around the world, many people describe President Joe Biden in the same dual way.
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US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.
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‘Everything is at stake’ for reproductive rights in 2024, Harris says as Biden-Trump debate nears
Vice President Kamala Harris says “everything is at stake” with reproductive health rights in November’s presidential election.
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World leaders meet in Switzerland to discuss a Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent
Dozens of world leaders have converged on a Swiss resort to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine, though any hopes of a real breakthrough are muted by the absence of Russia.
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The US supports ‘a just and lasting peace’ for Ukraine, Harris tells Zelenskyy at Swiss summit
Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging America’s full support in backing Ukraine and global efforts to achieve “a just and lasting peace” in the face of Russia’s invasion.
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Biden and Zelenskyy will sign a security deal, as G7 leaders agree to use Russian cash to help Kyiv
Negotiators for the Group of Seven have reached an agreement on a plan to provide Ukraine with $50 billion backed by frozen Russian assets, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
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President offers love and pride for his son’s addiction recovery after Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict
President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter stood trial on felony gun charges to avoid any appearance of meddling.
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Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, according to a senator and a Western official
Ukraine has used U.S weapons to attack inside Russia in recent days. That’s according to a U.S. senator and a Western official familiar with the matter.
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US launches lobbying blitz to sell Gaza cease-fire plan to Hamas through Arab and Muslim nations
The Biden administration has launched an intense drive to persuade Hamas and Israel to accept a new cease-fire proposal in the nearly eight-month-old war in Gaza while it also presses Arab nations to get the militant group to go along with the terms.
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Biden takes a big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up
President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement including an extended truce.
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Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war
President Joe Biden has detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding Mideast war.
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Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say
President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.
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‘Are you with me?’ Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term
President Joe Biden is renewing his election-year pitch to Black voters. At an appearance in Philadelphia with Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, he lashed out at what he called Donald Trump’s “MAGA lies” and said the winner of this year’s White House race will make crucial decisions, includ
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US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike
The White House has condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but says it is not planning any policy changes as a result of the Israeli actions.
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UN court order demanding that Israel halt its Gaza offensive further isolates the US position
A U.N. court’s order that Israel halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is deepening a disconnect with the United States.
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Biden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
President Joe Biden has offered his deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti.
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Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti
President Joe Biden has welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a three-day state visit.
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Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support
President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and their family members in the landmark case to the White House.
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US plans to impose major new tariffs on EVs, other Chinese green energy imports, AP sources say
The Biden administration is planning to announce new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China.
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US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
The Biden administration says Israel’s use of U.S-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law.
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The Biden-Netanyahu relationship is strained like never before. Can the two leaders move forward?
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have long managed a complicated relationship.
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US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
The U.S. is warning that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries through with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah.
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Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
The U.S. has historically provided enormous amounts of military aid to Israel.
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US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, according to the official, with the focus of U.S. concern being the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting.
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Biden warns Netanyahu against major Rafah offensive as divide between the 2 leaders grows
President Joe Biden has urgently warned Israeli’s Benjamin Netanyahu against launching an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the divide between the two leaders continues to grow along with the mounting Palestinian death toll.
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Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation
Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential Rafah operation to root out Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city.
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Russia is violating UN limits on petroleum shipments to North Korea, the White House says
The White House says Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that exceed U.N. Security Council limits.
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Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, US official says
U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February.
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President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go
President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall. Biden’s comment Friday is the most definitive he’s been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent.
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Biden celebrates computer chip factories, pitching voters on American ‘comeback’
President Joe Biden has arrived in New York state to celebrate a tech company’s plans to build a campus of computer chip factories made possible in part with government support.
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