
5 takeaways from Joe Biden's trip to two of the most productive foreign summits in years
CNN
President Joe Biden and his fellow NATO leaders departed a highly consequential summit Thursday that left the defense alliance larger, more muscular and more focused.
Yet after a pair of high-profile summit meetings in Europe this week, questions persist about Biden's ability to convince both his fellow leaders and the American public that the costs of supporting Ukraine and punishing Russia are still worth bearing.
Leader after leader at the two summits -- including Biden -- pledged to support Ukraine for "as long as it takes," but few were willing to offer an actual timeframe for an end to the conflict.

Painting of iconic Trump raised-fist scene from Butler rally now hangs in Grand Foyer of White House
The official portrait of former President Barack Obama was moved from its position in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Friday and replaced by a painting of President Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last summer.