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‘Two Great Powers’: Biden, Putin Plunge Into Hours of Talks

GENEVA — With stern expressions and polite words before the cameras, President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin plunged into hours of face-to-face talks Wednesday at a lush lakeside Swiss mansion, a highly anticipated summit at a time when both leaders say relations between their countries are at an all-time...

Biden Nominee’s Link to 1989 Logging Sabotage Blasted by GOP

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, the ranking Republican...

US Prioritizing Anti-Corruption Efforts in Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday instructed the federal government to elevate anti-corruption measures as a central U.S. foreign policy and national security issue. A report expected in about six months from an interagency review will recommend ways to strengthen corruption-fighting efforts. A presidential memo directs agencies to identify...

Biden, in Netanyahu Call, Urges `Significant De-Escalation’

President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call Wednesday that he expected “significant de-escalation” by day's end. Biden asked Netanyahu to move “toward the path to...

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