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WATCH: Biden hosts Jordan's king amid tough choices in Mideast

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Biden praised King Abdullah II of Jordan as a stalwart ally in a “tough neighborhood” as the two leaders huddled at the White House, a meeting that came at a pivotal moment for both leaders in the Middle East.

California launches largest free school lunch program in U.S.

By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press

When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income.

California utility says its equipment may be linked to fire

By Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada, the nation's largest utility reported to California regulators.

Garland formally prohibits seizure of reporters' records

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations, with limited exceptions, reversing years of department policy.

WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing

By Associated Press

Speaking at the White House briefing Monday, press secretary Jen Psaki said administration's "goal is to close Guantanamo Bay."…

WATCH: Biden says federal investments can prolong economic growth

By Josh Boak, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

President Joe Biden said Monday that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his first six months in office.

Capitol rioter who breached Senate gets 8 months for felony

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar…

First Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift

By Dino Hazell, Associated Press

The Biden administration transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man.

Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US

By Associated Press

The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days.

With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Noting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions of people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted an unsettling picture of what the future could hold.