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Earlier this year, Biden-Harris Administration used executive designation authority for the first time to declare xylazine combined with fentanyl as an emerging threat to the United States  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in the continued efforts to fight the dangerous and deadly combination of xylazine mixed with fentanyl, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a National Response Plan to coordinate a whole-of-government response against this threat. Earlier this spring, ONDCP Director Dr. Gupta used an executive designation authority to designate fentanyl combined with xylazine as an emerging threat to the United States and proactively address this dangerous threat…

President Joe Biden met with President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. President Biden thanked President Nausėda for Lithuania’s hospitality in hosting the 2023 NATO Summit. He emphasized the ironclad U.S. commitment to NATO security, demonstrated through persistent, consecutive rotations of U.S. military personnel in Lithuania. The leaders discussed their ongoing commitment to Ukraine’s security and imposing costs on Russia for its aggression for as long as necessary. ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/11/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-prime-minister-president-gitanas-nauseda-of-lithuania/

This morning, while in Vilnius, Lithuania, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the areas affected by flooding beginning on July 9, 2023, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title…

Today, President Biden and His Majesty King Charles III met at Windsor Castle with 23 leading philanthropists and financiers to help catalyze finance to support emerging markets and developing countries in tackling the climate crisis.  The gathering followed the Climate Finance Mobilization Forum, which was convened by the UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and inspired by the work of His Majesty the King. Today’s gathering builds on longstanding UK-US efforts to turbocharge the net zero, resilient transition already underway in developing and emerging economies on the road…

I welcome the statement issued by Türkiye, Sweden and the NATO Secretary General this evening, including the commitment by President Erdoğan to transmit the Accession Protocol for Sweden to Türkiye’s Grand National Assembly for swift ratification.  I stand ready to work with President Erdoğan and Türkiye on enhancing defense and deterrence in the Euro-Atlantic area.  I look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Kristersson and Sweden as our 32nd NATO Ally.  And I thank Secretary General Stoltenberg for his steadfast leadership.   ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/10/statement-from-president-biden-on-president-erdogans-commitment-to-advance-swedens-nato-accession-process/