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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBThe Inflation Reduction Act, dubbed 鈥渢he biggest climate investment in the country鈥檚 history,鈥� was signed into law on Aug. 16, 2022 -
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek joined top Democrats from across the nation on Monday in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take over as the Democratic party鈥檚 presidential nominee after President Joe Biden鈥檚 sudden departure from his campaign for re-election.
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The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs. -
The president's signing comes just over a month after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two adults. -
The address followed recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma. Biden said the measures aren't about taking away rights, but about protecting Americans. -
Biden was joined by Gov. Kate Brown and members of Oregon's congressional delegation in an appearance at Portland's airport. It was his first visit to the state as president. -
Biden will attempt to sell voters on the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package he signed into law in November. He鈥檒l also talk to private donors. -
President Biden's remark about Russian President Vladimir Putin came in a speech in Warsaw. A White House official later said Biden "was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change." -
Western allies would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons against Ukraine, President Biden said after an emergency meeting with NATO allies. "It would trigger a response in-kind," he said. -
The president painted an optimistic view of life amid the pandemic in front of a Congress that appeared to be more unified than in recent years. -
The next round of sanctions from the White House targets banks and export controls, which would cut Russia off from critical technology such as semiconductors. -
The president called Russia's recognition of two Ukrainian regions a "flagrant violation of international law" and announced sanctions targeting Russia's ability to do business with the West. -
The two leaders spoke by phone for roughly an hour after the State Department ordered most of its embassy staff in Kyiv to leave. U.S. officials are concerned a Russian invasion is imminent. -
The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.
