Biden Warns Gas Prices May Rise, Assails Meta Over Fact-Checking
- President gives impromptu press conference on Friday evening
- Biden looks to defend economic legacy with Trump returning
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President Joe Biden sought to defend his economic legacy, justify the impact of new sanctions on Russia, and criticized social media companies peeling back fact-checking initiatives in a rare press conference Friday at the White House.
Biden’s exchange with reporters came ahead of the final full week of his term, where the president is set to deliver a prime time farewell speech on Wednesday from the White House and visit the State Department for an address on foreign policy on Monday at the State Department.