Biden administration

US has asked Musk to change Starlink services in Ukraine, Middle East for years, fears misuse

The Biden-era and Trump requests to Musk show a close relationship in which US administrations rely to an unprecedented degree on a private-sector company to help implement foreign policy.

Elon Musk and Starlink satellites
 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

US-Israel relationship may be irreparably damaged, former Biden official warns

 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

Former Biden official: Netanyahu blocked July 2024 hostage deal, prolonged war by six months

People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre, on the third anniversary of the attack, near Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2026.

Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 massacre, officials concerned Iran may launch more missiles


Biden's Jewish liaison Shelley Greenspan shares parting Shabbat message

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to announce if he'll fill Greenspan's role upon returning to the White House. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House after Syrian rebels announced that they had ousted Bashar al-Assad as president last Sunday.

'A feeling of a lost opportunity': Did Europe’s passivity cost lives in Hamas war? - opinion

“As an international community, we could have forced Hamas out and started working already on a future for the Gaza Strip," said a Biden aide.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken (left) is greeted by then-EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels last month.

Brother of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal unexpectedly released from US prison - report

The US has not confirmed the release of Mashaal, but the news has been widely reported in Arab media.

 Mofid Abdel Kader Mashaal

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

Biden said US forces on Sunday conducted a dozen precision strikes within Syria targeting camps and operatives of the terrorist group Islamic State.

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Woodside, California, US, November 15, 2023.

US Supreme Court to weigh bid to sue Palestinian authorities over attacks against Americans

The law is called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.

 The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

White House puts pressure on Turkey to restrain Syrian rebels - report

The US noted that President Bashar al-Assad's "regime" has been part of an ongoing refusal to "engage in a political process," which has "created the conditions now unfolding."

 A Syrian rebel holds his weapon as he stands near Nubl's city in Nubl, north of Aleppo, Syria December 2, 2024.

Biden says he is pardoning his son, Hunter Biden

The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute the sentences of his son.

 U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Hunter Biden and Beau Jr., walks out of a bookstore in downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 29, 2024.

Biden announces Israel's truce with Lebanon with hope of paving pathway for Gaza ceasefire

The US President said that the deal will let Israel retain the right to defend itself while still giving the Lebanese government sovereignty.

 US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House

Biden's shift on missiles for Ukraine, North Korean troops in Kursk, Trump's election victory

The relaxation of the restrictions on US weapons may have come too late to alter the course of the conflict, but it could help Ukraine defend its foothold in Kursk.

 President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks on the 2024 election results and the upcoming presidential transition of power, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, November 7, 2024.

DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports

The move would be one of the most aggressive attempts by the Biden administration to curb what it alleges are Big Tech monopolies.

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.