With comfort food and instrumental sounds, the White House set out Wednesday to throw a state dinner that balanced the desire to celebrate ties to Australia with an effort to strike a measured ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has taken a thinly veiled shot at Australia, saying if European countries can ...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said there's “no more important time than now” to hold the state visit to demonstrate the strength of the U.S. relationship with Australia.

The White House is pushing Australia to increase its military spending. This comes amid rising regional threats. The US wants ...

U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and her husband Edwin Schlossberg arrive for a state dinner at the White House on Oct. 25, 2023. Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon for an official State Dinner at the White House in Washington, U ...

The state visit for Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was planned months ago. But the Middle East crisis prompted the White House to change the tenor of the event.

However, three White House officials said on Tuesday afternoon that Biden would cancel the second half of his trip, which also included a stop in Papua New Guinea, and return to the U.S. at the ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to budge on his government’s defence spending outlook after Australia was called ...

For his part, Mr Albanese thanked Mr Biden for the “great honour” of inviting him to the White House for a state visit and said the “heart” of the Australia-US alliance and the “soul of ...

The more the US depends on Australia, the more likely it will defend it, runs the logic. But if Trump returns to the White House, a rethink will be required.