AAMER MADHANI

President Joe Biden speaks during the celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

May 17, 2023, 3:40 am

Biden condemns rising ‘antisemitic bile’ during Jewish American Heritage Month event

US president touts administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism, reiterates decision to run for White House in 2020 was shaped by 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville

By Colleen Long and AAMER MADHANI

Iranian drone Shahed-129 is displayed at a rally in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

May 15, 2023, 10:19 pm

US says Russia looking to buy more Iranian attack drones as stockpile dwindles

White House accuses Iran of ‘directly enabling Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine’ by supplying more than 400 UAVs since last year, warns cooperation could flow both ways

By AAMER MADHANI, Colleen Long and Zeke Miller

This image from a video released by the US Department of Defense shows US Marines around the scene at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion. (Department of Defense via AP, File)

April 26, 2023, 8:37 am

Taliban killed mastermind of 2021 Islamic State suicide bombing at Kabul airport: US

Held responsible for suicide blast that killed 13 US troops and 170 Afghans, terrorist was himself killed in a battle early this month in southern Afghanistan

By Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee, AAMER MADHANI and Lolita C. Baldor

In this photo provided by Maheen S , smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on April 21, 2023. (Maheen S via AP)

April 23, 2023, 6:03 am

US evacuates diplomats, shuts embassy in violence-torn Sudan

US troops safely leave Sudanese airspace after airlifting American embassy personnel out of Khartoum

By Matthew Lee, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw, February 21, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)

February 22, 2023, 6:45 pm

Biden: Putin’s suspension of arms control treaty ‘big mistake’

In Poland, US president reassures eastern flank NATO allies that the US will remain by their side, vows that military alliance’s mutual-defense pact is ‘sacred’

By AAMER MADHANI

US President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

February 21, 2023, 9:09 pm

Biden says West ‘has Ukraine’s back’ as he visits Poland to mark year since invasion

US president warns there are ‘hard and bitter days ahead,’ but pledges that the United States and its allies will continue assisting Kyiv as war set to enter its second year

By AAMER MADHANI, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Monday, February 20, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and US President Joe Biden speak at Mariinsky Palace during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

February 20, 2023, 3:02 pm

Biden makes surprise Ukraine visit ahead of war anniversary: ‘Kyiv stands’

US President promises Zelensky the US will support Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes; air raid sirens ring out as two leaders walk to lay a wreath in memory of fallen soldiers

By EVAN VUCCI, John Leicester, AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller

A Russian Sukhoi SU-35 performs during the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

December 9, 2022, 9:14 pm

US warns Russia is giving Iran ‘unprecedented military and technical support’

White House says Moscow moving toward full defense ‘partnership’ with Tehran, including air defense systems and fighter jets, in exchange for drones supplied for Ukraine war

By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller

This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. (Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP)

December 8, 2022, 12:37 am

US says Russia seeking to restock supply of Iranian drones, missiles for Ukraine war

UN diplomat says Tehran’s sale of such weaponry to Moscow would violate Security Council resolution anchoring 2015 Iran nuclear deal

By AAMER MADHANI, Edith M. Lederer and Colleen Long

President Joe Biden speaks about the CHIPS and Science Act, a measure intended to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research, at communications company ViaSat, Nov. 4, 2022, in Carlsbad, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

November 5, 2022, 11:55 pm

Facing tough midterms, Biden says feeling ‘really good’ about Democrats’ chances

In Illinois, US president touts his administration’s legislative achievements on infrastructure, climate and lowering the cost of prescription drugs

By AAMER MADHANI and Colleen Long

People hold up phones displaying the words 'Free Iran' as US President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in support of Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

November 4, 2022, 12:19 pm

At campaign rally, Biden tells supporters ‘we’re gonna free Iran’

Pressed by audience members to address ongoing protests in Iran, US president also says, ‘They’re gonna free themselves pretty soon’

By AAMER MADHANI

Illustrative: In this February 20, 2020, file pool photo, a member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

November 2, 2022, 2:46 pm

US officials say Saudis warning Iran may attack the kingdom imminently

National Security Council ‘concerned about the threat picture,’ warns there will no hesitation to act in defense of American regional interests and partners

By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri (left) and Commander of the Army Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi visit an underground drone base tunnel belonging to the Iranian military in the heart of the country's western Zagros Mountains, May 28, 2022. (Iranian Army via AP)

October 20, 2022, 11:35 pm

US says Iranian troops stationed in Crimea to manage Russian drone strikes

White House says it has evidence of Revolutionary Guard officers sent by Tehran tasked with providing technical support for Moscow’s Shahed drone fleet

By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller

US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House complex in Washington, October 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

October 12, 2022, 6:25 am

Biden vows ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ cuts oil output

White House to reevaluate relationship with Saudis, lawmakers propose halting weapons sales, after kingdom announced production cut that will boost Russia

By AAMER MADHANI

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the reproductive rights task force in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, October 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

October 8, 2022, 6:57 am

Biden’s talk of nuclear ‘Armageddon’ edges beyond the bounds of US intel

US has no indications Moscow is preparing weapons of mass destruction, but president’s warning could have consequences as other countries, including Russia, take note

By AAMER MADHANI, Ellen Knickmeyer and Josh Boak