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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden defended his handling of a spiraling baby formula supply crisis Wednesday, insisting at a meeting with infant food executives that the White House is doing all it can.

Young fans peer through the gates while K-pop sensations meet the president and address the press

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

Two senior U.S. officials visited Saudi Arabia this week for talks that included global energy supplies, Iran and other regional issues, the White House said on Thursday.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed

An 18-year-old gunman killed 18 children and 1 teacher in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Read more on Dynamite News:

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The shooter - named as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos - is also dead

Salvador Ramos, 18, is understood to have been killed by law enforcement officers at the scene