The White House said Wednesday that President Joe Biden is expected to attend the upcoming annual G7 and NATO summits later this month. Biden will first attend the G7 Summit in Germany and then the NATO summit in Spain.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Biden’s attendance at the upcoming G7 and NATO summits this year in a statement.
The US leader will first travel to Schloss Elmau in southern Germany for the G7 Summit on June 25. The war in Ukraine will be on the agenda, as well as the food and energy crisis that came as a result of the war.
On June 28, Biden will travel to Madrid to attend the NATO summit, where the alliance’s member countries are expected to discuss the alliance’s “transformation over the next decade.”
This week, Biden is hosting the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, and prior to traveling to California for the conference with his counterparts in the continent, Biden weighed in on the recent results of the state’s primary elections.
The US leader told reporters that the results of the primaries on Tuesday reflected the desire of the public for lawmakers to take harsher stances on crime and gun violence.
Biden also called on states and local governments to use the funds from the COVID-19 relief plan to fund police departments.
“I think the voters sent a clear message last night: Both parties ought to step up and do something about crime, as well as gun violence,” said Biden before boarding Air Force One to travel to Los Angeles.
“The first major bill we passed, we gave the states and localities billions of dollars, billions of dollars, and encourage them to use it to hire police officers and reform their police departments. Very few have done it,” said the US leader.
Biden added that “it’s time the states and the localities spend the money they have to deal with crime,” along with retraining police officers and providing more funds for community policing. Biden also said that he added $300 million in his budget request to Congress to hire and retrain police officers.


Global Leaders Push Back as Trump Imposes New Forced Labor Tariffs
Trump Administration Imposes New Forced Labor Tariffs on 60 Trading Partners
Trump Praises Nigeria’s Tinubu, Signaling Stronger U.S.-Nigeria Security Ties
EEOC Drops Penn Subpoena in Antisemitism Probe, Investigation Continues
US Investigates Moonshot Over Alleged Use of Advanced AI Chips and IP Theft
Arizona Primaries Set High-Stakes Governor and House Battles Ahead of Midterm Elections
ASEAN Forum Puts Middle East Conflict, South China Sea Tensions in Spotlight
Russian Bomb Strikes Hit Zaporizhzhia, Sloviansk, Injuring Dozens in Eastern Ukraine
US, Solomon Islands Deepen Ties as Peace Corps Set to Return After 25 Years
US-Iran War Enters 11th Day as Costs Climb to $37.5 Billion, Trump Warns of More Strikes
Rubio Urges Global Isolation of Nicaragua After Ortega Vows to End Elections
US Probes Possible Russian Role in Iranian Drone Strikes on CIA Sites
Juan Orlando Hernandez Seeks Dismissal of Honduras Charges After Trump Pardon
Trump Education Department Removes Disparate Impact Rules, Sparking Civil Rights Backlash
Rubio Rejects AI ‘Kill Switch’ Claims as U.S. Defends American Technology Abroad
Amish Shah Wins Arizona Democratic Primary in Key U.S. House Race
US Military Completes 13th Straight Night of Iran Strikes as Trump Warns of Further Action 



