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FILE – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an address at Brown University, March 15, 2022, in Providence, R.I. Just days before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team to European Union headquarters in Belgium. Raimondo said what ultimately drove the agreement to an export ban and the groundwork to immobilize about half the foreign holdings of Russia’s central bank, was the threat of Putin’s imminent attack on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

鈥楧o the right thing鈥�: How US, allies united to punish Putin

March 20, 2022 at 11:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team to European Union headquarters in Belgium.

U.S. banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of “costs”

March 8, 2022 at 10:07 a.m.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia鈥檚 economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, but he acknowledged it...

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

Biden speech takeaways: War in Ukraine transforms focus

March 2, 2022 at 8:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a little more than a week ago, President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address was focused largely inward, looking at the economic and public...

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Washington. Biden returned to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden task force releases report to strengthen labor unions

February 7, 2022 at 7:32 a.m.

A Biden administration task force on organized labor on Monday issued a set of recommendations that could make it easier for federal workers and contractors to unionize.

Biden aims to reduce cancer deaths by 50% over next 25 years

February 2, 2022 at 7:19 a.m.

President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% -- a new goal for the “moonshot” initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when...

FILE – President Joe Biden takes off his mask to speak about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, on March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

By the numbers: Stats that tell story of Biden鈥檚 first year

January 16, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — By some counts, President Joe Biden can lay claim to a banner first year in office. But numbers also reveal plenty of setbacks.

Analysis: Biden overshoots on what抖阴ap possible in a divided Washington

January 14, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

Days before he hits his one-year mark in office, a torrent of bad news is gnawing at the foundational rationale of President Joe Biden鈥檚 presidency: that he could get the...

Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge

December 21, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under...

FILE – Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. U.S. health officials said Sunday, Dec. 5 that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. President Joe Biden’s chief medial adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that scientists need more information before drawing conclusion’s about omicron’s severity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world鈥�

December 19, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House's top medical adviser said Sunday as President Joe Biden prepares to issue “a...

U.S. to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs

November 23, 2021 at 7:21 a.m.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations,...

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