AAMER MADHANI

President Joe Biden, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

July 19, 2021, 11:53 pm

Biden praises Jordan king in White House meet expected to broach Abraham Accords

US president to reportedly tell Abdullah that Trump-brokered agreements not an ‘end run’ on finding way to peace deal that includes Palestinian state

By AAMER MADHANI

(L) US President Joe Biden speaks on July 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (R) Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks on May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

July 19, 2021, 10:49 am

Biden to host Jordan’s Abdullah Monday for first meeting with Arab leader

US administration plans to stress that Israel’s normalization agreements aren’t an ‘end run’ around finding the way to a peace deal that includes a Palestinian state, official says

By AAMER MADHANI

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange' on June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

June 16, 2021, 8:57 pm

After ‘constructive’ summit, Biden and Putin set talks on updating nuclear pact

Russian president says sides agreed to return nations’ ambassadors; US leader raises human rights issues, including fate of Navalny

By Jonathan Lemire, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and AAMER MADHANI

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange' on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

June 16, 2021, 4:11 pm

Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit

Russian leader expresses wishes for ‘productive’ meeting in Geneva; US president says he wants ‘stability and predictability’ in ties; but both sides appear to set low expectations

By AAMER MADHANI, Jonathan Lemire and Vladimir Isachenikov

With a model of the Covid-19 virus displayed, President Joe Biden listens as Dr. Barney Graham, left, speaks during a visit at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the Vaccine Research Center at the NIH listens at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

May 27, 2021, 12:38 am

Giving credence to lab leak theory, Biden calls to investigate COVID-19 origin

US president asks intel officials to ‘redouble’ efforts to find source of virus, says world must ‘press China to participate in a full, transparent, evidence-based’ probe

By Zeke Miller and AAMER MADHANI

Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2011. (RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin/Pool via AP, file)

May 25, 2021, 6:50 pm

Biden, Putin to hold summit in Geneva amid US-Russia tensions

White House says the two leaders will discuss ‘full range of pressing issues’ during June 16 meeting, their first sit-down since Biden became president

By AAMER MADHANI, Jonathan Lemire and Jamey Keaten

Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, laughs with US Vice President Joseph Biden after signing the guest book ahead of their meeting at Peres's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday March 9, 2010. Biden says there is a "moment of opportunity" for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

May 20, 2021, 11:52 am

Biden’s decades-long pattern with Israel: Public support, private scolding

US president has a history of openly backing the Jewish state, while reserving often-harsh criticism for private sit-downs with its leaders

By AAMER MADHANI

Then-US vice president Joe Biden waves as he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk to give statements to the press in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Debbie Hill, Pool)

May 20, 2021, 5:47 am

Gaza violence presents fresh hurdle to Biden’s tested friendship with Netanyahu

As premier pushes back on US desire to see an imminent ceasefire, president finds himself being dragged back into an issue he had been hoping to avoid

By AAMER MADHANI and Ellen Knickmeyer

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