Zeke Miller

Lights illuminate the US Capitol after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he and US President Joe Biden had reached an 'agreement in principle' to resolve the looming debt crisis on May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

May 28, 2023, 5:45 am

Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default

After extensive talks, president and House speaker reach compromise deal that may face opposition from both sides over concessions, as sides race to meet June 5 deadline

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, Zeke Miller and KEVIN FREKING

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures during a meeting with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

May 21, 2023, 11:58 am

Zelensky says Bakhmut is ‘not occupied,’ denying Russia’s claim to control key city

Earlier comments by Ukrainian president had been widely interpreted to mean he thought eastern locale had fallen, hours after a similar claim by Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin

By Zeke Miller, Elise Morton and susie blann

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the Grand Prince Hotel, during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

May 20, 2023, 2:30 pm

‘Peace will become closer today,’ says Zelensky, in Hiroshima for G7 talks

Visit comes a day after Biden authorized Ukrainian pilots to train on the F-16 fighter as world leaders extend sanctions on Russia

By Foster Klug, Adam Schreck and Zeke Miller

A US Air National Guard F-16 during an exercise in Oklahoma, February 26, 2020. (US Air National Guard/Master Sgt. C.T. Michael)

May 19, 2023, 6:44 pm

Biden backs F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots at G7 meeting

US president tells leaders decisions on providing the fighter jets for use in battle will be made when the training is underway

By Zeke Miller, Foster Klug, Josh Boak and Elaine Kurtenbach

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

US President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of US troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

April 25, 2023, 2:57 pm

‘Let’s finish this job’: Biden announces candidacy for 2024 US presidential election

Leader would be 86 years old at end of second term if he defeats Republican contender, thought likely to be either Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis

By Zeke Miller

President Joe Biden speaks about manufacturing jobs and the economy at SK Siltron CSS, a computer chip factory in Bay City, Mich., Nov. 29, 2022. (AP/Patrick Semansky, File)

April 2, 2023, 4:59 am

Taking his time, Biden has all but announced he’s seeking second presidential term

Key questions about 2024 campaign abound as president works on his own timeline, facing no significant Democratic challenger for the nomination

By Zeke Miller and Will Weissert

A noose as protesters gather on the West side of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

March 12, 2023, 11:56 am

Pence: Trump ‘endangered my family’ on January 6, history will hold him accountable

Ex-US vice president, who hasn’t yet declared 2024 candidacy, issues sharp condemnation of former boss, whom he jokes wouldn’t have known about classified docs found in Bible

By Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

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

US President Joe Biden (left) walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral on a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, February 20, 2023. (AP/Evan Vucci)

February 21, 2023, 8:02 am

How to sneak a US president into a warzone without anyone noticing

Arriving in Ukraine by train, Biden’s Kyiv visit marks first time in modern history that a US leader has traveled so close to a battlefront not under the control of US military

By EVAN VUCCI, John Leicester and Zeke Miller

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

The remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, February 4, 2023. A missile fired on February 5 by a US F-22 off the Carolina coast ended the days-long flight of what the Biden administration says was a surveillance operation that took the Chinese balloon near US military sites. (Chad Fish via AP, File)

February 13, 2023, 3:29 am

US fighter jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over Lake Huron

Incident marks fourth time an object was shot out of the sky by US jets in 8 days

By Colleen Long, Lolita C. Baldor and Zeke Miller

US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., applaud. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

February 8, 2023, 5:24 am

America’s democracy is ‘unbowed and unbroken,’ says Biden in State of Union address

Two years after Capitol attack, president sets out to offer reassuring message, urges Republicans to work together to rebuild economy, restore ‘soul’ of nation

By Zeke Miller and Seung Min Kim

Illustrative: US Secret Service agents in front of US President Joe Biden's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on January 12, 2021. (Shannon McNaught/Delaware News Journal via AP, File)

February 1, 2023, 9:29 pm

FBI searches Biden beach house, finds no classified documents

Agents take some notes and other materials in 3rd search of one of president’s properties, further discomfiting White House as investigation continues

By Eric Tucker, Colleen Long and Zeke Miller

Then-White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask, as he prepares to speak at a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

January 22, 2023, 11:06 pm

Biden expected to tap Jeff Zients as new chief of staff after Ron Klain leaves

Jeff Zients served as COVID response coordinator at beginning of Biden’s term but has since worked in a low-profile post on staffing matters

By Zeke Miller and MICHAEL BALSAMO