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AAMER MADHANI
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
A testing tent at a COVID-19 mobile testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
November 13, 2020, 6:26 am
Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus runs rampant in US
US president publicly disengages from fight against pandemic as cases surge to record highs and hospitals scramble to provide care
By AAMER MADHANI and Zeke Miller
US President Donald Trump participates in a Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. on November 11, 2020. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
November 11, 2020, 9:39 pm
Trump visits Arlington for Veteran’s Day in first public event since defeat
Trip to cemetery follows days holed up at White House tweeting angry, baseless claims of voter fraud after losing to Biden
By Zeke Miller and AAMER MADHANI
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks on November 9, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
November 9, 2020, 8:59 pm
Biden implores Americans to wear masks as ‘dark winter’ approaches
In remarks after meeting with newly formed coronavirus advisory board, president-elect says country must be aggressive about social distancing as infections surge
By Will Weissert, Philip Marcelo and AAMER MADHANI
Supporters of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris wave flags in Las Vegas, Nov. 7, 2020 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
November 8, 2020, 1:02 pm
Biden’s transition team faces uphill battles from day one
US president-elect must build a government during a raging pandemic, with a Senate that may remain in Republican control and a potentially uncooperative incumbent administration
By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe and AAMER MADHANI
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual public health briefing at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
October 29, 2020, 2:04 am
Biden says ‘no false promises’ of ending COVID, as Trump vows to ‘vanquish’ it
With less than a week to election, candidates duel over attempts to overturn Obamacare; Trump takes advantage of relaxed virus rules to stage big rally in Arizona
By Will Weissert, AAMER MADHANI and Alexandra Jaffe
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