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UPDATE 1-Biden will discuss Ukraine and Belarus during Biden-Putin meeting -Psaki Reuters 5 days ago By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss Belarus' forced landing of a Ryanair plane and the detention of an opposition activist during next month's summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. Psaki said Biden also plans to discuss Ukraine during the summit. Republican lawmakers have criticized Biden for agreeing to meet the Russian leader despite his provocative behavior in the region. Psaki ...

UPDATE 1-White House says U.S. not inviting Russia to G7 Reuters 2/19/2021 (Adds Psaki comment, background) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is not inviting Russia to join the G7 group of world leaders, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday, backing away from former President Donald Trump's push for Moscow's membership. Any invitation for Russia to join the G7 would be made in partnership with all of the group's members, she told reporters, speaking aboard Air Force One. Trump last June had called the G7 "a very outdated group of countries” and ...

Biden’s $15 Wage Bid Hits Headwind in CBO Job-Loss Warning Bloomberg 2/8/2021 Erik Wasson © Bloomberg A worker inside an empty restaurant as snow falls in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Winter Storm Orlena will snarl travel in the Northeast into Monday night as it brings heavy snow and strong winds from parts of New England to the northern mid-Atlantic. (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden’s quest to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of his $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief package may have hit a political and procedural roadblock in a new report fr...