Kevin Liptak - Senior Reporter
Kevin Liptak
Senior Reporter
Kevin Liptak is a CNN senior White House reporter based in Washington covering the Biden administration. He reports on US foreign and domestic policy, campaign politics and the internal dynamics of the administration for CNN.
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner gives Biden a chance to flex his funny bone
Apr 27, 2024
President Joe Biden on Saturday night will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, giving the president a stage and primetime slot to needle the media and his rival former President Donald Trump.
Biden administration delays proposed ban on menthol cigarettes
Apr 26, 2024
A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in the US “will take significantly more time,” US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday.
Biden says he’s happy to debate Trump ahead of November’s election
Apr 26, 2024
President Biden says he will debate former President Trump ahead of this year’s election, though said he didn’t know in what format.
Biden keeps needling Trump as he walks a tightrope over his rival’s trial
Apr 26, 2024
President Joe Biden might not be saying much about his Republican challenger’s criminal trial, but as Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan courtroom — irritated, seemingly tired and, by his own declaration, freezing cold — the president is still finding plenty to say about his rival.
Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine
Apr 24, 2024
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law an aid package providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine, capping months of negotiations and debate.
Biden administration tightlipped on Israel strike as US looks to maintain distance from decision
Apr 19, 2024
As Israel struck Iran overnight in what appeared to be a limited retaliation for last weekend’s attack, the Biden administration adopted a tightlipped approach that reflected US officials’ desire to keep a level of distance from the decision to strike back.
Kennedy family brushes off RFK Jr.’s campaign as they endorse Biden
Apr 18, 2024
President Joe Biden received the formal endorsement of more than a dozen members of the extended Kennedy family on Thursday, aiming to harness the legacy of a storied Democratic family while implicitly underscoring their near-universal rejection of a third-party challenge mounted by one of their own, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
US slaps new sanctions on Iran’s drone program as Israel considers response to weekend attack
Apr 18, 2024
The United States slapped new sanctions Thursday on sixteen people and two entities associated with Iran’s drone program as it looks to punish Tehran for last weekend’s attack on Israel.
Biden tells Netanyahu US will not participate in any counter-strike against Iran
Apr 14, 2024
President Joe Biden and senior members of his national security team, seeking to contain the risk of a wider regional war following a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones directed toward Israel, have told their counterparts the US will not participate in any offensive action against Iran, according to US officials familiar with the matter.
As Iran attacks Israel, Biden confronts an escalating Middle East crisis he had hoped to avoid
Apr 14, 2024
For President Joe Biden, an attack on Israel launched from Iranian soil amounts to a scenario he’d greatly sought to avoid since the start of the current Middle East conflict.
US expects Iran to carry out direct attack on Israel, sources say, as Biden warns ‘don’t’
Apr 13, 2024
The US expects that Iran will carry out strikes against multiple targets inside Israel in the coming days and is prepared to help intercept any weapons launched at its ally, sources tell CNN, as the Biden administration is on high alert for what could be the eruption of a significantly volatile and unpredictable period in the Middle East.
Biden criticizes Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas as mistake
Apr 9, 2024
President Joe Biden offered one of his sharpest rebukes of Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza during an interview airing Tuesday, describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the conflict as a “mistake” and calling for a halt to the fighting.
Netanyahu’s decision to cancel Rafah meetings causes new rupture with Biden
Mar 25, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision Monday to scrap a planned delegation to Washington — a trip President Joe Biden personally requested a week ago, hoping to offer a constructive approach — amounts to a low point in the ever-deepening rift between the two men.
Biden takes a political risk with his invitation to Israeli officials
Mar 20, 2024
When President Joe Biden asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to dispatch a team of top Israeli officials to Washington, his hope was to preempt a large-scale ground invasion of Rafah, which the Biden administration believes would amount to a humanitarian catastrophe.
Biden and Netanyahu speak for the first time in a month amid deepening rift
Mar 18, 2024
President Biden spoke by phone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first known interaction in more than a month as a rift deepens between the two men over the war in Gaza.
Biden team raised $53 million in February, entering general election with major cash advantage
Mar 17, 2024
President Joe Biden’s campaign effort brought in $53 million in February, a sign of accelerating donor interest over a month that saw the election rematch crystalize between Biden and former President Trump.
About
Kevin Liptak is a CNN senior White House reporter based in Washington covering the Biden administration.
He reports on US foreign and domestic policy, campaign politics and the internal dynamics of the administration for CNN. Liptak has extensively covered Biden’s response to the war in Ukraine, his efforts to enact new economic policies and his campaign for a second term.
Liptak has covered the White House for CNN since 2013, traveling to nearly every state and more than 45 countries with three US presidents.
He reported on President Trump’s tenure in the White House, including his summits with the North Korean and Russian leaders, his impeachment proceedings and his battle with Covid-19. Before that, Liptak covered President Obama’s second term, reporting from his historic visits to Cuba, Laos and Kenya.
Liptak graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia with a degree in English and History.
