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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. Lawmakers in Ohio have failed to come to agreement on adjusting a state election deadline that stands to prevent President Joe Biden from appearing on 2024 ballots by the deadline Thursday, May 9, 2024. The cutoff to make Ohio’s ballot is Aug. 7, two weeks before the Democratic National Convention.

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President Joe Biden denounces weekend neo-Nazi march through Columbus' Short North area

George Shillcock

In a statement, Biden called the march a "sickening display" and said Nazism is a hateful poison.

Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta, shown at an event in August 2022, says the new opioid overdose tracking system could save "tens of thousands of additional lives."

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The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

Brian Mann

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually.

People pass a COVID-19 testing site on a Manhattan street on Jan. 21. The White House says it is running out of money to pay for COVID tests for people who don't have insurance.

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The White House says it's running out of money to cover COVID tests and vaccines

Tamara Keith

The White House asked for more money from Congress to keep its COVID response going. But that hasn't happened, so some things need to be wound down.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies on worldwide threats during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2018. Pompeo, President Trump's pick to lead the State Department, has portrayed the fight against terrorism as an epic holy war.

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Trump's National Security And State Department Picks Alarm American Muslims

Tom Gjelten

Even as President Trump is warming relationships with Muslim nations in the Middle East, he is antagonizing U.S. Muslims with his choice of a new national security adviser and secretary of state.

Special counsel Robert Mueller at the Capitol in June. <em>The New York Times</em> reports President Trump intended to fire him that month but was dissuaded by White House Counsel Don McGahn.

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Trump Intended To Fire Special Counsel Mueller In June, 'New York Times' Says

Philip Ewing

The paper reports that the president backed off when his chief lawyer threatened to quit if the plan went ahead. In Switzerland for an economic forum, Trump dismissed the report as "fake news."