Author: John Wagner

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The president has separate meetings planned Thursday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and family members of two Americans detained in Russia: Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

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Earlier Thursday, the White House announced it had reached a “tentative” agreement to avert a national rail strike that had threatened the nation’s economy.

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The president plans to tour the North American International Auto Show and tout funding to build a network of chargers across the country that was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that he signed last year.

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The president and fellow Democrats are trying to promote the new law in advance of the November midterms, citing it as evidence that their party can get important things done in Washington.

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Biden’s remarks fall on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s speech laying out his goal of landing a man on the moon.

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The president will appear at a groundbreaking ceremony for Intel’s new $20 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility near Columbus, Ohio.

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In a speech at the White House, the president is expected to detail steps his administration is taking to make the new omicron-targeting boosters widely available this fall.

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The event in the East Room will revive a tradition of presidents welcoming their predecessors — regardless of party — back to the White House.

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The decision marks the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under a provision of the 14th Amendment and the first time that any court has ruled that the events of Jan. 6, 2021, were an insurrection, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which represented New Mexico residents in the case.