President BIden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Fumio announced efforts to strengthen military ties, as well as collaborations on space exploration and artificial intelligence.

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.

For the first time in recent history, the White House is hosting a state dinner that's entirely vegetarian. Plant-based chef Nina Curtis came in to help curate the menu.