President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on June 2– his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting – following congressional passage of a compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default.
Mandatory Credit:	Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on June 2– his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting – following congressional passage of a compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default.
Mandatory Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Biden to address nation from Oval Office after avoiding catastrophic default

President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Friday evening – his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting – following congressional passage of a compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default.