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Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine, Biden says
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Joe Biden, thank heavens, is making yet another great comeback
Lawrence Martin
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Elton John set to perform at the White House on Friday
FILE - Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road," tour, Friday, July 15, 2022, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The White House will become a concert venue Friday, Sept. 23, when Elton John performs. The event is called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Coronavirus Update: Biden says ‘pandemic is over’ even as death toll, costs mount
President Joe Biden arrives with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, second from right, and Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su to speak about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Biden says ‘the pandemic is over’ even as death toll, costs mount
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing a condolence book for Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Taliban release American engineer Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler
This undated photo provided to The AP shows Mark Frerichs, a U.S. veteran and civilian contractor held more than 2 years in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Frerichs family says he has been freed by the Taliban. Frerichs’ release appears to have been part of a swap and came as an imprisoned Taliban drug lord also said on Monday he had been freed from American custody. (Charlene Cakora via AP)
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U.S. would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion, Biden says
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
u.s. politics
Biden says classified documents at Mar-a-Lago raise concerns
President Joe Biden greets people after speaking at the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. The summit is aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to deliver on his campaign pledge to "heal the soul of the nation." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Biden urges Putin not to use tactical nuclear arms in Ukraine after setbacks
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to the White House following a trip from Michigan, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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Biden talks energy, Russia with South Africa’s non-aligned Ramaphosa
President Joe Biden shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Biden meets families of Brittney Griner, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan
FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a court room ater a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Biden talks inflation, Russia in ‘60 Minutes’ interview
President Joe Biden, with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, left, speaks about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Families of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan to meet with Biden at White House on Friday: officials
FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a court room ater a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
u.s. business
Biden touts administration’s efforts to promote electric vehicles at Detroit auto show
US President Joe Biden looks at an electric Ford Mustang as he tours the 2022 North American International Auto Show at Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit, Michigan on September 14, 2022. - Biden is visiting the auto show to highlight electric vehicle manufacturing. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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White House making new push to avert potential rail shutdown
FILE PHOTO: A CSX freight train crosses the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo
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In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing ‘moonshot’ to fight cancer
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Oxon Hill, Md. Biden did address inflation in a speech Thursday, he stressed progress, rather than financial pain. Biden has repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for pushing up energy prices by invading Ukraine, but he wanted credit for the recent decline in prices even though they're also a sign of a potential worldwide economic slowdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Biden honours 9/11 victims as shadow of Afghan war looms
President Joe Biden participates in a wreath laying ceremony while visiting the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, to honor and remember the victims of the September 11th terror attack. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
u.s. politics
Barack and Michelle Obama unveil presidential portraits at White House
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama unveil their official White House portraits during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
u.s. politics
Biden assails Trump loyalists but not all Republicans after backlash
President Joe Biden speaks at a United Steel Workers of America Labor Day event in West Mifflin, Pa., just outside Pittsburgh, Monday Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
analysis
Biden’s fortunes seem to be on the rise. Can he maintain momentum as mid-terms loom?
President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)