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Biden gets second root canal in two days, reschedules meeting with NATO leader
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an event in support of military and veteran families, caregivers, and survivors, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, U.S., June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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More U.S. firefighters on standby as wildfires continue to rage across Canada
A cyclist rides under a blanket of haze partially obscuring the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2023. Smoke from Canadian wildfires have shrouded the US East Coast in a record-breaking smog, forcing cities to issue air pollution warnings and thousands of Canadians to evacuate their homes. The devastating fires have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares (9,390,005 acres) of land. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described this wildfire season as the country's worst ever. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden offers firefighting help as thousands in Canada evacuated and smoke blankets some U.S. cities
With the Washington Monument in the background and a thick layer of smoke, Marine Corps honor color guard rehearse, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Liberals face growing calls to create LGBTQ envoy, modelled on Biden appointment
FILE - President Joe Biden signs an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, June 15, 2022, in Washington. Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Biden signs debt ceiling bill, pulling U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default
As seen through a window, President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Biden to say default ‘crisis averted’ in Oval Office address on debt ceiling deal Friday evening
FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sits for debt limit talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastrophe
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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With just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to U.S. debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol Building on June 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to take up The Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation negotiated between the White House and House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling until 2025 and avoid a federal default. The House passed the bill last night with a bipartisan vote of 314-117. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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U.S. House of Representatives passes debt ceiling deal, but political fallout still unclear
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: A staff member with the Architect of the Capitol uses a leaf blower on the East front of the U.S. Capitol Building on May 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Later today the House Rules Committee will meet to consider The Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bill made after a deal House Republicans and U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiators struck up to raise the debt ceiling until 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Debt limit deal heads to vote in full House while McCarthy scrambles for GOP approval
A general view of the U.S. Capitol in the midst of an ongoing legislative effort to raise the United States' debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, in Washington, U.S. May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Biden, Republicans reach deal on debt ceiling
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media after disembarking from Marine One at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
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Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid U.S. default and now must sell it to Congress
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after President Joe Biden and McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., back right, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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What’s in and what’s out of the debt ceiling agreement to avert U.S. default
(FILES) US President Joe Biden meets with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) about the debt ceiling, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2023. US President Joe Biden and Republican legislators have reached an agreement in principle to raise the US debt ceiling and thereby avoid catastrophic default, US media reported May 27, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden and McCarthy agree to 2-year budget deal to raise debt ceiling, enhance work requirements for food aid
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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Biden says debt deal ‘very close’ with default deadline now set at June 5
FILE - The Capitol Dome and East Front of the of the House of Representatives is seen in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. This year's projected government budget deficit has jumped by $130 billion, due in part to a proposed change to student loan repayment plans and a series of bank rescues organized by federal regulators, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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On 1st anniversary of Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, Biden says ‘it’s time to act’ on gun control
UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 24: The Rodriguez family comforts each other while paying their respects at a memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered on May 24, 2022 during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2023 in Uvalde, Texas. Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the mass shooting at the school. 19 children and two teachers were killed when a gunman entered the school, opening fire on students and faculty. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Republicans, White House see progress in U.S. debt ceiling talks
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters about the debt ceiling after the departure of White House negotiators, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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No signs of progress as White House, Republicans end another round of debt ceiling talks
The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday evening, May 22, 2023, as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., continue meeting on the impasse over the government's debt ceiling. There was no agreement Monday as Washington races to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially devastating federal default as soon as next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Biden, McCarthy meeting ends with no deal on debt ceiling
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Zelensky has promised Ukraine won’t use F-16 planes to go into Russia, says Biden
FILE - U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Osan U.S. Air Base during a combined air force exercise with the United States and South Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2017. The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine's leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it's all about F-16 fighter jets. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy to meet on Monday as debt ceiling talks resume
U.S President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference following the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS
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Debt limit standoff brings tough talk, little action as Biden and world leaders watch for progress
The U.S. Capitol is seen on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden’s administration is reaching for a deal with Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the nation faces a deadline as soon as June 1 to raise the country's borrowing limit, now at $31 trillion, to keep paying the nation’s bills. Republicans are demanding steep spending cuts the Democrats oppose. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Biden aims to reassure world on U.S. debt standoff as he consults with Indo-Pacific leaders
President Joe Biden answers questions on the U.S. debt limits ahead of a bilateral meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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World leaders warn China and North Korea on nukes as Ukraine’s Zelensky travels to G7 summit
FILE - In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second right, is greeted by Prince Badr Bin Sultan, deputy governor of Mecca, right, upon his arrival at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 19, 2023. Japan’s government officially announced Saturday that Zelenskyy is visiting Japan to join Group of Seven leaders in a session on Ukraine on Sunday. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)
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Debt limit talks resume at Capitol as Republicans, White House face ‘real differences’
From left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., take time out from their struggle over the debt limit negotiations as they applaud during a portrait-unveiling ceremony for former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Debt limit talks stall as Republicans ‘press pause,’ White House says real differences
From left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., take time out from their struggle over the debt limit negotiations as they applaud during a portrait-unveiling ceremony for former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Debt ceiling negotiators rushing for weekend deal, but much work remains
From left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., take time out from their struggle over the debt limit negotiations as they applaud during a portrait-unveiling ceremony for former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Hopes for Pacific visit dashed after Joe Biden cancels trip to Papua New Guinea
FILE - President Joe Biden poses for photos with Pacific Island leaders including Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, center, and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2022. On Wednesday, May 17, Biden canceled a visit to Papua New Guinea planned for May 22 to focus on debt limit talks at home, disappointing many in the Pacific Island nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Biden declares ‘America will not default,’ says he’s confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers
President Joe Biden speaks at the 2023 We Are EMILY National Gala, a fundraiser for EMILY's List, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)