Former US President Joe Biden urged Americans not to disengage from democracy, warning that the nation is facing “dark days” under President Donald Trump. Speaking publicly for the first time since completing radiation therapy for an aggressive form of prostate cancer , Biden addressed an audience in Boston on Sunday after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.

“These are dark days”

Biden , 82, said the country is seeing “attacks on free speech” and tests of the limits of presidential power.

He emphasized that the nation relies on “a presidency with limited power, a functioning Congress and an autonomous judiciary,” systems he suggested are under strain as the federal government endures a historic shutdown.

Standing up against pressure

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