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Michael Birnbaum

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White House correspondent @washingtonpost. Ex-Brussels, Berlin, Moscow bureau chief.

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President praises Zelensky, offers new assistance

Trump will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles in pivot from acerbic history

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U.S. will reimpose blockade on Iran

The president said there will be a 20 percent fee on shipping through Hormuz

With:Gerry Shih

Washington Post•JUL 14, 2026

President praises Zelensky, offers new assistance

Trump will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles in pivot from acerbic history

With:Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Washington Post•JUL 9, 2026•Lead Story

Trump: Iran truce is 'over'

CALLS REGIME 'SCUM,' ORDERS NEW STRIKES

With:Dan Lamothe,Victoria Craw

Washington Post•JUL 9, 2026

Trump shifts his tone with Ukraine

He praised President Zelensky, and gave the OK for Kyiv to produce Patriot air-defense missiles on home soil.

With:Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Philadelphia Inquirer•JUL 9, 2026

Trump eyes sale of fighter jets to Turkey

At NATO summit arrival, president again says U.S. should control Greenland

With:Natalie Allison

Washington Post•JUL 8, 2026•Lead Story

NATO leaders brace for Trump’s latest demands

The president travels to Turkey for a summit with allies he has sometimes treated like foes.

With:Ellen Francis

Philadelphia Inquirer•JUL 7, 2026

Trump to test NATO again

Meetings this week will gauge allied dependence

With:Ellen Francis

Washington Post•JUL 6, 2026

Trump is facing new hurdles despite agreement

The ceasefire reopened diplomacy but left major questions unresolved

Washington Post•JUN 22, 2026•Lead Story

Vance slams Israeli reply

HE WARNS ALLY ON IRAN DEAL CRITICISM

With:Dan Lamothe,Victoria Craw

Washington Post•JUN 19, 2026

Trump touts his Iran pact

HE ALSO CRITICIZES CLOSE ALLY ISRAEL

With:Dan Diamond,Natalie Allison,Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Washington Post•JUN 18, 2026

Trump claims victory in war

President says oil will flow through strait again

With:Karen Deyoung

Washington Post•JUN 16, 2026

U.S., Iran reach an agreement to end fighting

MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE UNSETTLED

With:Susannah George,Sammy Westfall,Mariana Alfaro

Washington Post•JUN 15, 2026•Lead Story

China summit achieves Xi’s goal: Equal footing

PEER DYNAMIC LONG SOUGHT BY BEIJING Trump bristles at notion that U.S. is in decline

With:Isaac Arnsdorf

Washington Post•MAY 16, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the summit outcome as a strategic victory for the Chinese leader, focusing on the optics of geopolitical parity rather than specific policy agreements.

Xi warns Trump about ‘conflicts’ on Taiwan issue

FATE OF CONTESTED ISLAND IS TOP PRIORITY

With:Isaac Arnsdorf

Washington Post•MAY 15, 2026•Lead Story

The paper contrasts the US president's transactional focus on trade agreements with the Chinese leader's firm establishment of geopolitical red lines regarding Taiwan.

Trump signals a zeal to cut deals at China summit

Openness to rethinking U.S. support for Taiwan alarms island’s backers

With:Isaac Arnsdorf

Washington Post•MAY 14, 2026•Lead Story

The paper highlights a transactional approach to foreign policy, focusing on the potential geopolitical concessions regarding Taiwan the president might make in pursuit of an agreement.

In pivot, Trump now more conciliatory with China

He and Xi adopted an uneasy détente after last year’s bruising trade war

With:David J. Lynch

Washington Post•MAY 13, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the president's shifting diplomatic stance as a pragmatic adjustment following previous economic friction, focusing on the change in rhetoric rather than declaring a definitive policy resolution.

Trump’s Iran war gets low marks

DISAPPROVAL RIVALS IRAQ, VIETNAM ERAS Growing fallout as voters prepare to render verdict

With:Scott Clement

Washington Post•MAY 2, 2026•Lead Story

The paper emphasizes negative public opinion data regarding military action in Iran, contextualising current disapproval rates by comparing them to historic, unpopular conflicts.

Trump, Tehran locked in high-stakes standoff

Both sides in a waiting game as oil prices climb amid Hormuz blockage

With:Susannah George,Karen Deyoung

Washington Post•MAY 1, 2026

Charles urges checks on power in U.S. state visit

Washington Post•APR 29, 2026•Lead Story

The paper highlights the diplomatic and political resonance of a foreign monarch commenting on democratic institutions, focusing on 'checks on power' as the central thematic message of his visit.

Washington welcomes royal visitors

King and queen’s trip offers Britain a chance to mend ties with Trump

With:Steve Hendrix

Washington Post•APR 28, 2026

Focuses on the diplomatic and symbolic nature of the state visit, noting it proceeds against a backdrop of recent security concerns.

Trump weighs tradeoffs that gave Obama grief

Sticking points are sanctions, enrichment, risk of empowering Iran

Washington Post•APR 23, 2026

Trump extends truce in Iran

SCHEDULED TALKS CALLED OFF FOR NOW Tehran says blockade is a violation of ceasefire

With:Sammy Westfall,Natalie Allison,Victoria Craw

Washington Post•APR 22, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the diplomatic development factually, balancing the extension of the truce against the complications of postponed talks and Iranian complaints about a blockade.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Michael Birnbaum in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.