Michael D. Shear | The Seattle Times

June 16, 2021 at 4:34 pm

Biden and Putin Express Desire for Better Relations at Summit Shaped by Disputes

GENEVA — A highly anticipated first summit meeting between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin of Russia ended early on Wednesday and was described...

Nation & World

June 11, 2021 at 6:41 pm

G-7 summit heralds return of in-person diplomacy

PLYMOUTH, England — Call it the much-welcomed death of Zoom diplomacy. President Joe Biden and six leaders from the world’s richest nations are meeting —...

Nation & World

A cicada nymph moves in the grass, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Frederick, Md. Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground. There are many broods of periodic cicadas that appear on rigid schedules in different years, but this is one of the largest and most noticeable. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) NY731 NY731

June 8, 2021 at 9:34 pm

Cicadas took on Biden’s press plane. They won.

White House travel officials delivered news of the insect malfunction to reporters, along with assurances that a new plane was headed to Washington from New...

Nation & World

June 1, 2021 at 2:45 pm

Biden Visits Site of Tulsa Massacre a Century Later

A century after a white mob destroyed a vibrant African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, torching hundreds of homes and indiscriminately shooting people in the...

Nation & World

FILE — President Joe Biden speaks to reporters at the White House on May 4, 2021. On policy issues, Biden takes days or weeks to make up his mind as he examines and second-guesses himself and others. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT22 XNYT22

May 14, 2021 at 12:14 pm

Beneath Biden’s folksy demeanor, a short fuse and an obsession with details

As Presiden Joe Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores...

May 13, 2021 at 5:46 pm

Colonial Pipeline said to have paid about $5 million in ransom to hackers

WASHINGTON — The operator of a critical fuel pipeline on the East Coast paid extortionists roughly 75 Bitcoin — or nearly $5 million — to...

May 3, 2021 at 6:30 pm

In Another Reversal, Biden Raises Limit on Number of Refugees Allowed Into the U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday reversed himself and said he would allow as many as 62,500 refugees to enter the United States during...

April 14, 2021 at 8:48 pm

Biden on Afghanistan exit: ‘It is time to end the forever war’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that “it is time to end the forever war” in Afghanistan, saying that the United States had long...

Nation & World

April 12, 2021 at 6:53 pm

Biden Names NSA Veteran to Be First National Cyber Director

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday said he would nominate Chris Inglis, a 28-year veteran of the National Security Agency, to be the first...

March 25, 2021 at 6:06 pm

Biden slams Republicans on voting rights limits, defends record on border

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican efforts to limit voting rights were “sick” and “un-American,” vowing to prevent states from taking what...

Nation & World