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AAMER MADHANI
In this April 15, 2021, file photo, US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
April 24, 2021, 7:56 pm
Biden recognizes Ottoman Empire atrocities against Armenians as ‘genocide’
Previous US presidents avoided using the term so as to not complicate ties with Turkey; Lapid hails move, says will push for Israeli recognition
By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
A view inside the Tzitzernakaberd memorial to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 30, 2019 (AP Photo/Hakob Berberyan)
April 24, 2021, 9:19 am
After call with Erdogan, Biden to formally recognize Armenian genocide
Until now, US presidents have acknowledged Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day to mark the atrocities while avoiding using the term to sidestep alienating Ankara
By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
US President Joe Biden walks off after speaking about COVID-19 vaccinations at the White House on April 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 22, 2021, 2:34 pm
Biden readying to recognize Armenian genocide in move sure to test Turkish ties
Should he follow through, US president will almost certainly face pushback from Ankara, which is threatening a harsh response
By Matthew Lee and AAMER MADHANI
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Geographical Society via video link in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
April 15, 2021, 5:27 pm
US expels Russian diplomats, sets new sanctions over hacking, election meddling
Measures also target Moscow’s ability to borrow money; Russia denounces move, warns of retaliation
By Eric Tucker and AAMER MADHANI
An Apache attack helicopter provides security from above while CH-47 Chinooks drop off supplies to US soldiers at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2017. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)
April 15, 2021, 12:20 am
Biden: US troops to leave Afghanistan by 9/11 anniversary, ending ‘forever war’
President says the 2001 terror attacks can’t justify the continued presence of soldiers in the country after 20 years of conflict
By AAMER MADHANI and Matthew Lee
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks to State Department staff, February 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2021, 12:04 am
Resetting US foreign policy after Trump, Biden declares: ‘Diplomacy is back’
Skipping mention of Israel, and of Iran, president calls on Myanmar military to ‘relinquish power’ after coup, vows to fight ‘authoritarianism’ in China, Russia
By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 21, 2021, 2:04 am
With 15 strokes of a pen, Biden reverses Trump on climate, virus and immigration
Taking to Oval Office, new US president signs series of executive orders ending Muslim travel ban, halting construction of border wall, sending US back to Paris climate agreement
By Zeke Miller and AAMER MADHANI
US President-elect Joe Biden delivers brief remarks during a memorial service to honor the 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, January 19, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
January 20, 2021, 3:20 am
Biden arrives in Washington for inauguration with big plans, big problems
US president-elect set to assume office as nation grapples with surging pandemic, soaring unemployment and fears of further political violence
By Bill Barrow and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in support of US Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Georgia, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
January 9, 2021, 6:20 am
The president’s cudgel: A history of @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets
In 12 years, platform grew from random musings of reality TV star into a weapon used to lash opponents and give shape to nationalist philosophy
By AAMER MADHANI and Jill Colvin
US President-elect Joe Biden announces his choice for several positions in his administration during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 12, 2020, 4:09 am
Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former White House leaders
US president-elect leans into previous administration’s personnel and experience amid health, economic crises; progressive wing of party calls for more diversity
By AAMER MADHANI
In this Nov. 19, 2020, photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
December 7, 2020, 1:47 am
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19
Trump’s personal lawyer,76, traveled extensively across the country in recent days contesting election results, held frequent meetings without a mask; no details on his condition
By AAMER MADHANI
White House Deputy Communications Director Jen Psaki is interviewed in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
November 30, 2020, 8:04 am
Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team
4 of 7 top communications jobs filled by women of color; choice of a number of Obama administration veterans suggests return to more congenial relationship with press
By Alexandra Jaffe, Andrew Taylor and AAMER MADHANI
In this November 10, 2020 photo, US President-elect Joe Biden smiles as he speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
November 20, 2020, 10:20 am
Biden turns 78 Friday, as he is set to become oldest US president
The president-elect will be eager to show Americans early on that he’s physically and mentally up to the job
By AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump at an event on Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 14, 2020, 12:53 am
In 1st remarks since loss, Trump rules out virus lockdown, still doesn’t concede
US president makes unfounded claims about vaccine delivery as medical experts fret about surging infections; says ‘time will tell’ who will head next administration
By Zeke Miller, KEVIN FREKING and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus briefing at Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Morrisville, NC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 13, 2020, 10:16 pm
Trump to make public appearance with vaccine update amid alarming COVID surge
President to speak in Rose Garden on Operation Warp Speed efforts to get a coronavirus vaccine to market; Trump has fumed at timing of Pfizer announcement days after election
By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller
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