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U.S. Treasury Secretary sees path to avoid recession in America
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US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
FILE - This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The discovery of classified documents at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence is scrambling the blame game in Washington. Now, lawmakers from both parties seem united in frustration with the string of mishaps in the handling of the U.S. government's secrets.(Department of Justice via AP, File)
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U.S. downs suspected Chinese spy balloon over ocean, drawing threat from China
FILE PHOTO: A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, U.S. February 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Chase Doak/via REUTERS
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U.S. monitoring suspected Chinese spy balloon
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U.S. Secretary of State cancels Beijing trip after Chinese surveillance balloon drifts through Canada into U.S.
FILE PHOTO: U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks across the tarmac to board his plane at Phnom Penh International Airport to Manila in Philippines in Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 5, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Biden and Trump are facing a classified-documents investigation. Here’s how the cases compare
FILE - A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. At least three presidents. A vice president, a secretary of state, an attorney general. The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Biden administration takes aim at Google and Apple, says their app stores stifle competition
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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FBI finds no classified documents at Biden’s Delaware beach house, lawyer says
FILE - U.S. Secret Service agents are seen in front of Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Del., home on Jan. 12, 2021. The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. That's according to a statement from Biden's personal lawyer. (Shannon McNaught/Delaware News Journal via AP, File)
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Biden, McCarthy found ‘common ground’ in debt meeting, House Speaker says
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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McCarthy, Biden to discuss debt limit and spending on Wednesday
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, speaks at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, that he is looking forward to discussing with Biden a “reasonable and responsible way to lift the debt ceiling” when the two meet for their first sit-down on Wednesday with McCarthy as leader of the chamber. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Elon Musk meets top Biden officials on EVs in Washington
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Biden taps Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff
FILE — White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients at a news conference at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2021. President Joe Biden plans to name Zients as the next White House chief of staff heading into a critical new phase as he confronts a Republican House and is expected to kick off a re-election campaign, people familiar with the decision said on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
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Former U.S. leaders asked to recheck for classified docs
FILE - The north face of the Archives of the United States is seen in this general view March 11, 2019, in Washington. The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to re-check their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)
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Biden lambasts House Republicans in economic speech
President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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U.S. to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
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Joe Manchin bill would delay tax credits for electric vehicles
FILE - A Tesla sedan gets a charge at a Tesla Supercharging station in Cranberry, Pa, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. With its sales slowing and its stock price tumbling, Tesla Inc. slashed prices dramatically Friday on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax credit that could help spur buyer interest. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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New push for U.S. assault weapons ban after shootings
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Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard, Treasury’s Wally Adeyemo in running to be White House economic czar, sources say
FILE - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Lael Brainard, speaks during a conversation with leaders from various organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and others at the Federal Reserve building, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Brainard said Monday, Nov. 14, that she was encouraged by last week's U.S. inflation report, which pointed to slower price increases, and said the Fed would likely soon reduce the size of its rate hikes. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Discovery of classified documents at Trump and Biden’s homes raises many questions
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Joe Biden to name Jeff Zients as chief of staff, source says
FILE - Jeff Zients, who has been selected serve as coordinator of the Covid-19 response and counselor to the President, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to announce President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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U.S. Justice Department found more classified documents in search of Biden’s home
President Joe Biden walks from St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Chief Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House
FILE - White House chief of staff Ron Klain walks to the South Lawn of the White House to attend an event in Washington, April 8, 2022. Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Joe Biden's top aide, is preparing to exit his post in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with Klain's plans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Biden pledges to discuss U.S. debt with House leader
FILE - The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. President Joe Biden plans to deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7. That was the date proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in his invitation to Biden on Friday to address a joint session of Congress. It will be Biden’s first address to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Biden says 'no regrets' on handling of classified documents
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Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’
US President Joe Biden speaks as California Governor Gavin Newsom looks on after looking at storm damage, and speaking to those affected in Seacliff, California, on January 19, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. energy chief warns Republicans that oil bill would raise pump prices, cause shortages
FILE PHOTO: A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo
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Biden to visit California as severe storms fade
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Jailed Iranian-American appeals to Biden, starts hunger strike
FILE PHOTO: Iranian-American consultant Siamak Namazi (R) is pictured with his father Baquer Namazi in this undated family handout picture. TO MATCH SPECIAL REPORT USA-IRAN/STUDENT Handout/via REUTERS/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
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House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case
President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, en route to Atlanta. Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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House Oversight Committee chair urges spending cuts to avoid U.S. debt default
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol January 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans passed their first bill of the 118th Congress on Monday night, voting along party lines to cut $71 billion from the Internal Revenue Service, which Senate Democrats said they would not take up. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Lawyers found more classified documents at Joe Biden’s home than previously known
FILE - President Joe Biden listens as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Probes into Biden, Trump’s handling of documents prompt questions about what consequences may await them
US President Joe Biden waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden set to deliver annual State of Union address on Feb. 7
FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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U.S. strongly committed to Japan’s defence, Biden tells Kishida, hails military boost
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio meet in the Oval Office at the White House on January 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Fumio is meeting with Biden to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan strategic relationship in the Indo-Pacific as military tensions rise in the region. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Special counsel named to probe Biden’s handling of classified documents
FILE - U.S. Attorney Robert Hur arrives at U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Nov. 21, 2019. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, appointed Hur as a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an office in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)
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Classified documents found at Biden’s Wilmington home, White House says
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he walks to board Marine One before departing for Walter Reed hospital on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on January 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)