Michael Birnbaum
White House correspondent @washingtonpost. Ex-Brussels, Berlin, Moscow bureau chief.
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Trump courts Xi as China seeks global influence
TAIWAN, IRAN AMONG TOPICS OF DISCUSSIONS / Leaders trade praise and willingness to work together
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY
Putin to open diesel spigot
TRUMP TOUTS DEAL IN BID TO CUT PRICES
Trump courts Xi as China seeks global influence
TAIWAN, IRAN AMONG TOPICS OF DISCUSSIONS / Leaders trade praise and willingness to work together
Readying the red carpet for China’s Xi
Pomp and pageantry as superpowers look to maintain a trade truce
President is mostly alone on world stage
Trump heads into week of diplomacy hampered by lack of allies
Trump ties 9/11 legacy to Iran
He links new conflict to Bush-era 'war on terror'
Trump touts road map to Hamas, Israel deal
U.S. officials said it was a breakthrough, and that Hamas had agreed to a framework through mediators. Israel did not comment.
Saudi nuclear deal in doubt
Pact requires kingdom to join Abraham Accords
Saudi nuclear deal put in doubt
A day after the agreement was signed, President Trump insisted that the Saudis normalize relations with Israel.
U.S. will reimpose blockade on Iran
The president said there will be a 20 percent fee on shipping through Hormuz
President praises Zelensky, offers new assistance
Trump will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles in pivot from acerbic history
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.
Trump eyes sale of fighter jets to Turkey
At NATO summit arrival, president again says U.S. should control Greenland
NATO leaders brace for Trump’s latest demands
The president travels to Turkey for a summit with allies he has sometimes treated like foes.
Trump to test NATO again
Meetings this week will gauge allied dependence
Trump is facing new hurdles despite agreement
The ceasefire reopened diplomacy but left major questions unresolved
Trump claims victory in war
President says oil will flow through strait again
U.S., Iran reach an agreement to end fighting
MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE UNSETTLED
China summit achieves Xi’s goal: Equal footing
PEER DYNAMIC LONG SOUGHT BY BEIJING Trump bristles at notion that U.S. is in decline
Xi warns Trump about ‘conflicts’ on Taiwan issue
FATE OF CONTESTED ISLAND IS TOP PRIORITY
Trump signals a zeal to cut deals at China summit
Openness to rethinking U.S. support for Taiwan alarms island’s backers
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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.