Inside Biden’s dramatic backchannel to Russia as a near-coup unfolded
Last weekend, as President Joe Biden and top national security aides watched a dramatic — and ultimately, short lived — coup attempt play out in Russia, officials decided they needed to communicate...
View ArticleBiden to tout NATO’s unity at Vilnius summit, but it’s getting complicated
President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe next week may feel familiar, coming under the shadow of an increasingly stalemated war. But for administration officials and foreign policy experts, the five-day...
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Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymore
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks into the Oval Office on Thursday, her transformation will be complete. Gone is the ghoulish caricature of an extremist monster, sympathetic to Moscow,...
View ArticleBiden meets with Navalny’s widow and daughter
President Joe Biden met Thursday with the widow and daughter of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week. In San Francisco as part of a three-day fundraising swing...
View ArticleBiden suggests Gaza cease-fire could take hold by next week
President Joe Biden on Monday evening said he thought a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas could be in place in roughly a week. “I hope by the end of the weekend,” Biden told reporters who asked...
View ArticleUS military to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza
The U.S. will airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days, amid tense negotiations for a pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, President Joe Biden announced Friday. The mission is...
View ArticlePolish rivals unite in DC to lobby for Ukraine military aid
President Joe Biden’s meeting with Poland’s two leaders at the White House on Tuesday is both about getting more aid to Kyiv, and an attempt to show that even political rivals can come together for...
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Fresh from Trump meeting, UK’s Cameron gives Ukraine aid the hard sell
LONDON — Britain’s top diplomat David Cameron insisted it’s “profoundly in your interest” for the U.S. to pass a stalled package of aid to Ukraine, hours after a face-to-face meeting with Donald...
View ArticleBiden warns that Iran could attack Israel soon
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner rather than later,” delivering a pessimistic assessment even as he warned Tehran against taking such an action....
View ArticleWhite House not thrilled by Macron’s D-Day invite to Russia
The White House is not pleased over French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to invite a representative of Russia’s government to attend next month’s celebration of the 80th anniversary of the...
View ArticleBiden: What’s happening in Gaza ‘is not genocide’
President Joe Biden on Monday sought to reassure Jewish voters that he stands firmly with Israel, calling for the full defeat of Hamas and denouncing the International Criminal Court’s assertion that...
View ArticleForeign policy becomes a liability for Biden’s campaign as he heads to France
President Joe Biden vowed during his 2020 campaign to restore America’s alliances and leadership abroad. But if Biden’s foreign policy served as an effective contrast with Donald Trump’s “America...
View ArticleForeign policy becomes a liability for Biden’s campaign as he heads to France
President Joe Biden vowed during his 2020 campaign to restore America’s alliances and leadership abroad. But if Biden’s foreign policy served as an effective contrast with Donald Trump’s “America...
View ArticleBiden’s team takes from Reagan’s playbook as he heads to Normandy
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Democratic presidents aren’t prone to adopt Ronald Reagan as a template. But in advance of his trip to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Joe Biden and...
View ArticleBiden in Normandy says he prays Americans don’t become isolationists
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — President Joe Biden on Thursday used the 80th anniversary of D-Day to warn against the spread of isolationism and to promise that the U.S. would “not walk away” from...
View ArticleInside the ill-fitting, occasionally chaotic, decidedly solid Biden-Macron...
PARIS — On a recent phone call with President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed sending Western forces into Ukraine to train troops in the war zone. Biden was not supportive. The...
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Zelenskyy is in France with more asks, and some skepticism
PARIS — President Joe Biden’s grand promises to stick with Ukraine to the end during his trip to France aren’t enough for Kyiv, which will keep pushing the U.S. and its other allies to do more to help...
View ArticleBiden and Macron stress a shared vision on Ukraine and Gaza even amid...
PARIS — President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday projected political solidarity on the wars in Ukraine and Israel, amid persistent strain on the international community’s...
View ArticleBiden aides wary but not worried about EU far-right election gains
Biden administration officials looking at the far-right wins in the EU parliamentary elections are stressing one thing: It could have been worse. Yes, key U.S. ally France now will have snap...
View ArticleScorched-earth summer: Biden, Sunak and Macron go negative
Even at a glittering Hollywood fundraiser, President Joe Biden’s message was dark. Biden spoke from the stage last weekend about the possibility of former President Donald Trump making additional...
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