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US President Joe Biden speaks about the banking system in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

March 13, 2023, 4:50 pm

Biden insists US banking system safe after collapse of 2 banks

As markets reopen, president says country’s financial systems are sound, taxpayers won’t bear the brunt after stunning breakdown of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank

By Ken Sweet, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and Cathy Bussewitz

People look at signs posted outside of an entrance to Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, California, March 10, 2023. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

March 13, 2023, 3:30 am

US promises Silicon Valley Bank customers can recoup funds after stunning collapse

New York’s Signature Bank follows California institution in being seized as Fed scrambles to contain fallout from liquidity crunch, head off more bank runs

By Ken Sweet, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and Cathy Bussewitz

A noose as protesters gather on the West side of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

March 12, 2023, 11:56 am

Pence: Trump ‘endangered my family’ on January 6, history will hold him accountable

Ex-US vice president, who hasn’t yet declared 2024 candidacy, issues sharp condemnation of former boss, whom he jokes wouldn’t have known about classified docs found in Bible

By Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

February 21, 2023, 9:09 pm

Biden says West ‘has Ukraine’s back’ as he visits Poland to mark year since invasion

US president warns there are ‘hard and bitter days ahead,’ but pledges that the United States and its allies will continue assisting Kyiv as war set to enter its second year

By AAMER MADHANI, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, December 13, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

December 14, 2022, 2:06 am

Biden signs gay marriage bill into law at White House ceremony

US president touts legislation as ‘a blow against hate in all its forms,’ claims link between ‘racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia’

By CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 11, 2022, at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

November 11, 2022, 10:09 pm

At COP27 in Egypt, Biden says climate efforts ‘more urgent than ever’

Addressing conference, US president calls on world leaders to ‘double down’ on resolve to prevent rising temperatures; also holds bilateral talks with Egyptian counterpart el-Sissi

By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden arrives to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP/Susan Walsh)

November 10, 2022, 1:31 am

Biden hails Democrats’ ‘strong night,’ signals intent to run for second term

In first public comments since midterm voting ended, president is celebratory and defiant, says predicted ‘giant red wave’ just ‘didn’t happen’

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, Zeke Miller and HANNAH FINGERHUT

President Joe Biden speaks at the Arnaud C. Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University, August 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

August 31, 2022, 12:34 am

Biden defends FBI from ‘sickening’ attacks after search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

US president uses Pennsylvania speech to promote his crime-prevention efforts and continue pressuring Congress to revive long-expired federal ban on assault-style weapons

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and Marc Levy

US President Joe Biden listens virtually as Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, speaks during the first meeting of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access on the White House Campus in Washington, August 3, 2022. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas looks on. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

August 4, 2022, 4:32 am

Biden signs executive order to protect travel between states to access abortion

White House says move will allow states where procedure is legal to apply for permission to use Medicaid funds to provide reproductive healthcare to women from other areas

By Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden speaks virtually during a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, July 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

July 24, 2022, 8:40 pm

Biden’s doctor says he’s ‘improving significantly’; throat still sore from COVID

Other symptoms, including cough, runny nose and body aches, ‘have diminished considerably,’ president’s physician says three days after diagnosis was announced

By CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up after being asked by members of the media how he is feeling, as he speaks virtually during a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, July 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

July 23, 2022, 8:03 am

Biden: ‘I feel much better than I sound’; White House says his COVID symptoms easing

US tries to shift narrative to display of president as personification of idea that most can get virus and recover if they’re vaccinated and take other steps to protect themselves

By Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking to reporters about meetings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Waldorf Astoria Jeddah Qasr Al Sharq hotel, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 17, 2022, 5:14 am

Biden’s Saudi trip was uncomfortable, but worth it to improve ties with wary leaders

Panned for visiting country he vowed to make a ‘pariah,’ US president saw visit as necessary to repair alliances with Arab countries, potentially helping to counter Russia, China

By AAMER MADHANI, Aya Batrawy, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden arrives at Andrews Air Force Base after delivering remarks in Cleveland about the American Recovery Act, July 6, 2022, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP/Evan Vucci)

July 12, 2022, 3:20 pm

Six things to watch during Biden’s trip to the Middle East

US president to focus on regional relationships, human rights, oil, Iran and India during this week’s visit to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia

By CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden signs an executive order on abortion access while US Vice President Kamala Harris (left), Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (second from right), and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco look on at an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, July 8, 2022. (AP/Evan Vucci)

July 8, 2022, 10:55 pm

Biden signs executive order to soften effects of Supreme Court abortion ruling

President’s move aims to mitigate potential penalties, protect privacy of women forced to cross state lines to get procedure; he admits he has limited ability to take action

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

US President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

May 25, 2022, 4:44 am

Biden: ‘When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?’

‘To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away,’ says US president, after at least 18 grade-schoolers killed in Texas school massacre

By Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN