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President Biden appears with Senate lawmakers outside the White House after a meeting on infrastructure June 24. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Biden hosts Israel’s president for Oval Office visit as countries reset relationship

President Biden welcomed outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to the White House on Monday as the two countries seek to reset their relationship under new governments. The two leaders met in the Oval Office in the afternoon.  
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The Supreme Court declined to hear a legal battle over the rights of transgender students, handing a victory to Gavin Grimm over the Virginia school board that had denied him the right to use the boys’ restroom.
Iraq condemned a U.S. airstrike against Iranian-linked militias on its soil, describing the overnight attack as a “blatant” violation of national sovereignty that breached international conventions.
Prosecutors in New York have given Trump’s attorneys a deadline of Monday afternoon to make any final arguments as to why the Trump Organization should not face criminal charges over its financial dealings.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised Biden for having “delinked” passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill to separate legislation that calls for substantial spending on other Democratic priorities and urged Democratic congressional leaders to do the same.
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The Supreme Court declined to hear a legal battle over the rights of transgender students, handing a victory to Gavin Grimm over the Virginia school board that had denied him the right to use the boys’ restroom.
Iraq condemned a U.S. airstrike against Iranian-linked militias on its soil, describing the overnight attack as a “blatant” violation of national sovereignty that breached international conventions.
Prosecutors in New York have given Trump’s attorneys a deadline of Monday afternoon to make any final arguments as to why the Trump Organization should not face criminal charges over its financial dealings.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) praised Biden for having “delinked” passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill to separate legislation that calls for substantial spending on other Democratic priorities and urged Democratic congressional leaders to do the same.
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