‘We won’t be intimidated by Putin’s rhetoric,’ says White House after Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ warning – as it happened

We have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture,' says press secretary

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As he set off from the White House on yet another lengthy day of travel, Joe Biden gave the press no opportunity to ask about his armageddon" comment.

That's from The Guardian's David Smith, who's covering the president's departure. Biden is en route now to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he'll speak about the economy, before flying to Philadelphia and finally Wilmington, Delaware, where he is to spend the weekend.