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    Associated Press

    Biden made gains at the summit; returns to turmoil at home

    The discordant reality of President Joe Biden’s second year in office was on display on Thursday as he wrapped up a five-day trip to Europe that will explore both the key US role in building a strong allied response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression and the domestic unrest that dragged on, emphasized. Biden at home. Huddled with leaders of the Group of Seven Advanced Economies in the Bavarian Alps and with NATO allies in Madrid, Biden was greeted warmly by colleagues and noted key policy achievements in modernizing the transatlantic alliance to adapt to new ones. threats from Russia and China. At home, however, the US grappled with the fallout from last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, which Biden condemned Thursday as “destabilizing”.