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FBI raid on Trump's home ignites political firestorm
The FBI move marked a stunning escalation of legal probes into the 45th president and comes as he is weighing another White House run.
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OPEC+ agrees small oil output rise despite Biden plea
The cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia decided to raise production by 100,000 barrels per day for September, much lower than previous increases, according to a statement issued after a ministerial videoconference.
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US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike
President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks, in a drone strike in Kabul.
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Biden heads to Middle East for first tour as president
The 79-year-old president's visit to Jeddah on Friday will be the focus of the tour, after Biden branded Saudi Arabia a "pariah" over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi.
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Biden signs first significant US gun control law in decades
"While this bill doesn't do everything I want, it does include actions I've long called for that are going to save lives," he said.
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Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas tax as prices skyrocket
Facing growing public anger over the rising cost of gas, several states including New York and Connecticut have already suspended fuel taxes, while others have delayed planned tax increases.
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Biden coup buoys Saudi crown prince after five years at helm
Next month's visit by US President Joe Biden will complete the international rehabilitation of the 36-year-old prince, who was widely reviled over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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US announces $1 bn more in arms for Ukraine
The newest US arms package features 18 more 155mm howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition for them; two land-based Harpoon anti-ship missile systems; and additional rockets for four Himars precision rocket artillery systems that Ukraine is soon to put in the field.
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Biden chastises oil industry over fuel costs
In a letter to seven major oil corporations, Biden delivered his most direct salvo yet in a campaign to blame the industry for stoking price increases.
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Iran's nuclear tactics leaves Biden with tough choices
The US leader opened his presidency with a pledge to return to the 2015 international agreement that aimed to prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons, after predecessor Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from it.
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Opening summit, Biden says democracy 'essential ingredient' for Americas
Biden welcomed regional leaders to a theater in the downtown of the entertainment capital, with a choreographed dance routine produced by Emilio Estefan, before two days of meetings that will focus on migration, climate change and food insecurity.
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Biden makes emotional appeal for action on gun violence
He highlighted the story of a young student who smeared a dead classmate's blood on herself to hide from a gunman at a Texas elementary school, saying: 'Imagine what it would be like for her to walk down the hallway of any school again.'
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'Do something now,' mourners demand action after US school shooting
A distraught Texas grandmother of a girl killed in the massacre in Uvalde pleaded Thursday for urgent action by US authorities to prevent future school shootings, as the country plunges again into the roiling debate over guns.
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Biden: When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?
United States President Joe Biden says gun laws must change after a teenage gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas on 24 May 2022.
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Biden vows military defence of Taiwan if China invades
Washington and allies like Japan have framed their tough response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a warning to others, particularly China, about the consequences of unilateral military action.
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Biden warns of potentially 'consequential' monkeypox spread
The US leader, on his maiden trip to Asia as president, said in Seoul that health officials have not fully briefed him about "the level of exposure" in the United States.
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North Korea poised to conduct nuclear test with Biden due in Seoul
Touted as proof of the US "pivot" to Asia, Biden's first trip as president to the region looks set to be overshadowed by an increasingly belligerent North Korea bent on staging a new "provocation".
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US to fly in baby formula on military contracted planes
The lack of formula - the result of a perfect storm of supply chain issues and a massive recall - is leaving parents increasingly desperate, and has become a political headache for President Joe Biden as midterm elections loom.
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US congratulates Philippines' Marcos but pledges to promote rights
In a phone call, US President Joe Biden congratulated Ferdinand Marcos Jr on his recent election win, the White House said late Wednesday Washington time.
