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Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday as the outgoing administration seeks cease-fire progress in Gaza and Lebanon before President-elect Donald Trump takes power in January. “I know that you’re working very hard to make sure that this war will end,” Herzog told […]

Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Israel laid the groundwork for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, the Biden administration on Wednesday was urging diplomacy to resolve the country’s long-simmering conflict with Hezbollah — but growing increasingly resigned to full-blown warfare on a second front in the Middle East, according to multiple U.S. […]

President Joe Biden shakes hands with King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein after giving remarks White House, Feb. 12, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. attempts to push Israel and Hamas closer to an agreement that would see all remaining hostages in Gaza freed in exchange for an extended truce, […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden directly at their recent summit that China will reunify with Taiwan, sources confirmed to ABC News. NBC News was the first to report the conversation. It was unclear whether Beijing plans to use force in its effort to reunify with […]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Editor’s note: This report contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has blamed Hamas’ refusal to release civilian female hostages for the end of a temporary cease-fire, and he called reports of women allegedly sexually assaulted by Hamas “appalling.” “We had a report in the earliest […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he “did not demand” Israel delay a ground incursion of Gaza in an effort to protect hostages and keep humanitarian aid flowing into Gaza. “What I have indicated to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is that, if it’s possible, to get these folks out safely that’s […]

SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a U.S. Army soldier launched international headlines by apparently intentionally crossing the border into North Korea on Tuesday, the Biden administration sent mixed signals on how far it might be willing to go to secure his release. “We’re looking into this,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told […]

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (VILNIUS, Lithuania) — President Joe Biden will make a major speech Wednesday following a two-day, high-stakes NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Biden will speak on the strength of the alliance and the importance of continued support for Ukraine against Russian invaders, as well as other major global challenges, according to […]

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden spoke to the family of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who the United States says is being unjustly imprisoned by Russia, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. The president “felt it was really important […]

Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will head across the pond on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, that will feature a heavy emphasis on family in addition to diplomacy. Biden’s visit will be his first to Ireland as president and mark only the second […]