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FILE - About a thousand Palestinian and pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at the corner of W. Hubbard St. and N. Armour St. near where President Joe Biden was attending a fundraising event in the West Town neighbohood of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

How the hostage deal came about: Negotiations stumbled, but persistence finally won out

Negotiations to free the hostages held by Hamas hardly ran smoothly. Hamas resisted as Israel laid waste to huge areas of Gaza.

BLACKPINK musical performer Rosé speaks during a discussion on mental health at a spousal program as part of the APEC Leaders' Week at the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

K-pop star Rosé joins first lady Jill Biden to talk mental health

K-pop superstar Rosé has joined U.S. first lady Jill Biden at a mental health event to talk about how even famous people grapple with emotional struggles.

President Joe Biden speaks while sitting next to other leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Biden signs bill averting government shutdown for now, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled

President Joe Biden has ended the immediate threat of a government shutdown, signing a temporary spending bill a day before much of the government was to run out of money.

President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative summit, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have pledged to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage a growing number of migrants traveling to the border between their nations.

President Joe Biden and China's President President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders US ‘not going anywhere’ as he looks to build economic ties

President Joe Biden has made America’s case to CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco that the United States is committed to high standards in trade that will benefit economies across the Pacific.

President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden, Xi met for hours and agreed to ‘pick up the phone’ for any urgent concerns: ‘That’s progress’

U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have emerged from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught relationship and showcasing modest agreements to combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications.

President Joe Biden speaks at a shipyard in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Biden is visiting the shipyard to push for a strong role for unions in tech and clean energy jobs. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get US-China communications back to ‘normal’

President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have swept into San Francisco and are making their final preparations for their first engagement in a year.

Signs welcome visitors to the APEC Summit, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

White House hoping Biden-Xi meeting brings progress on military communications, fentanyl fight

U.S. officials are expressing hope that this week’s highly anticipated face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will produce some concrete results.

The APEC summit is happening this week in San Francisco. What is APEC, anyway?

The United States is hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference this week for the first time since 2011.

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. Biden and Xi will hold a long-anticipated meeting Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay area. That's according to two senior Biden administration officials. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden and Xi will meet Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught US-China relations

The White House says President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss trade, Taiwan and fraught U.S.

FILE - Greg Jackson, Jr., executive director of Community Justice Action Fund, speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. Jackson, the deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House spent the last week in Lewiston, Maine helping the community recover from a mass shooting. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

The Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting was the first test of Biden’s new gun violence prevention office

The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in Lewiston, Maine, helping the community recover from a mass shooting.

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2021. Public opinions in 24 countries, mostly rich nations, have grown more favorable of the United States than of China, according to the latest survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Biden-Xi meeting in San Francisco still on track but no major breakthroughs expected

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping remain on track to meet during next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

President Joe Biden speaks at Just-In-Time Recreation Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine, about the mass shooting last week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden tells residents of Maine city reeling from mass shooting: ‘You’re not alone’

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden came to Lewiston Maine, to show their support for the community following a mass shooting where 18 people were killed.

FILE - Run by a private firm hired by the city, migrants stay in a makeshift shelter at O'Hare International Airport, Sept. 20, 2023, in Chicago. Five mayors from around the U.S. want a meeting with President Joe Biden to ask for help controlling the continued arrival of large groups of migrants to their cities. The mayors of Denver, Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles say in a letter to Biden that there has been little to no coordination, support or resources and that is leading to a crisis. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File Photo)

Big city mayors get audience with administration officials to pitch a request for help with migrants

Biden administration officials have hosted big city mayors at the White House to discuss how to manage a growing number of migrants.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters prior boarding his aircraft to depart Washington on travel to the Middle East and Asia at Andrews Air Force Base. Md., Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Biden says 74 US dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast

President Joe Biden says that 74 more U.S. citizens have left the Gaza Strip He announced the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Mideast for talks with Israeli and Jordanian officials as the nearly four-week old Israel-Hamas war rages on with no end in sight.

FILE - Migrants rest at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Jan. 6, 2023. Five mayors from around the U.S. want a meeting with President Joe Biden to ask for help controlling the continued arrival of large groups of migrants to their cities. The mayors of Denver, Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles say in a letter to Biden that there has been little to no coordination, support or resources and that is leading to a crisis. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

The mayors of five big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants

The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about the migrants arriving in their cities.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House says Russia is executing its own soldiers for not following orders

The White House says that Russia is executing soldiers who have failed to follow orders and threatening entire units with death if they retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire.

President Joe Biden and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden condemns retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank

Biden said the attacks by settlers amounted to “pouring gasoline” on the already burning fires in the Middle East since the Hamas attack.

FILE - Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine

President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being ‘consumed’ by rage

President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that offered support for the Israeli people and produced a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, potentially by the end of the week.

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for a trip to Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden will stress humanitarian aid, avoiding deeper conflict in Israel but is scrapping Jordan stop

President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced major setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden speaks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden will head to Israel and Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan Wednesday to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership, as concerns increase that the raging Israel-Hamas war could expand into a larger regional conflict.

Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days, but travel isn’t final, according to AP source

President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days, but nothing has been finalized.

President Joe Biden leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington after attending Mass, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden interview in special counsel documents investigation suggests sprawling probe near conclusion

President Joe Biden’s interview with prosecutors over his handling of classified documents signals that a sprawling investigation that has included questioning of some of his closest aides is nearing a conclusion.

FILE - People line up against a border wall as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border from Mexico. Tuesday, July 11, 2023, near Yuma, Ariz. As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.'s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next year. The White House Friday, Sept. 29, released the targets for how many refugees it aims to admit over the next fiscal year starting October 1 and from what regions of the world. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Biden says he had to use Trump-era funds for the border wall. When asked if barriers work, he says ‘No’

President Joe Biden is defending his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.

Migrants heading north line up to take a boat, in Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants as arrivals grow

The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, speaking in Mexico City Thursday, cited the new measure as one of the “strict consequences” the Biden administration is pairing with the expansion of legal pathways for a

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during the Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl at DEA Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Attorney General Garland says in interview he’d resign if Biden asked him to take action on Trump

Attorney General Merrick Garland says in an interview that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’

President Joe Biden says American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he tries to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort.

Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., seated right, talks with Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., before the House Oversight Committee begins an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Seated left is Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Shutdown’s shadow, Biden’s speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing

House Republicans repeatedly used the word “brand” at their opening impeachment inquiry as a shorthand to allege that Hunter Biden was selling access to his family’s power and connections when he pursued lucrative business dealings.

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden isn’t paying much attention to the 2024 GOP debate. He’s already zeroing in on Trump

President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley.