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Seung Min is a White House reporter.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit shops in Nantucket, Mass., Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Family lunch, some shopping, a Christmas tree lighting: President Joe Biden’s day out in Nantucket
President Joe Biden spent much of his day after Thanksgiving focused on work. But he was able to get out for some play.
 
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.
 
Ukrainian soldiers navigate on the Dnipro river by boat at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Nearly half of Americans think the US is spending too much on Ukraine aid, an AP-NORC poll says
Close to half of the U.S. public thinks the country is spending too much on aid to Ukraine. That’s according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and it comes as Congress weighs sending billions more in federal support to Ukraine.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the APEC summit, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House denounces ‘irresponsible’ subpoenas from House GOP and says they should be withdrawn
The White House is firing back on a recent subpoenas issued by House Republicans targeting members of President Joe Biden’s family and his aides.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden poses for a photo as he greets people after speaking about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 2, 2023. Despite a successful off-year election for Democrats, there remains a persistent fear within the party that there is a serious disconnect between the popularity of President Joe Biden's agenda and the man himself. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Biden sees hopeful signs for his reelection in Democrats’ 2023 wins. Others in his party are worried
President Joe Biden’s team is raising the Democratic sweep of this month’s key elections as proof that he’s in good position to win a second term.
 
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden's supplemental funding request for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic lawmakers want President Biden to protect Palestinians in US from being forced home
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect Palestinians in the United States as the Israel-Hamas war continues.
 
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Bear, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden visits Delaware to promote $16 billion for passenger rail projects
President Joe Biden has promoted new cash for Amtrak. He visited Bear, Delaware, to announce more than $16 billion in new funding that will go toward 25 passenger rail projects between Boston and Washington.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. President Joe Biden and his White House’s relationship with Johnson will be one of the most consequential relationships in Washington for at least the next year. But some of Johnson’s early decisions have confounded White House officials who are still trying to get to know him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Inside the Joe Biden-Mike Johnson relationship: Greetings, briefings and clashes over foreign aid
The relationship between President Joe Biden and new House Speaker Mike Johnson will be one of the most important in Washington over the next year.
 
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on protecting retirement security against what are commonly referred to as "junk fees" in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The White House is working on a strategy to combat Islamophobia. Many Muslim Americans are skeptical
The White House has announced that President Joe Biden’s administration is developing a national strategy to combat Islamophobia.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden's second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets Oct. 10 to debate what a new proposal might look like(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers
The Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief plan that would target specific groups of borrowers rather than a sweeping plan like the one the Supreme Court rejected by the Supreme Court.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden talks to reporters aboard Air Force One during a refueling stop in at Ramstein Air Base in Germany Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, as he travels back from Israel to Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Mission impossible? Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a two-state solution after the war ends
As the Israel-Hamas war enters a new phase, President Joe Biden is pressing Israeli and Arab leaders to think hard about their eventual postwar reality.
 
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, meets with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
After Biden meeting, new Speaker Johnson says GOP won’t abandon Ukraine but will aid Israel first
President Joe Biden has met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House. Johnson was joined by Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries as they discussed Biden’s request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet first responders as they visit areas devastated by the Maui wildfires, Aug. 21, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The White House is asking lawmakers for more than $23 billion in emergency funding to help the government respond to the natural disasters that have ripped through the U.S. this year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
White House wants $56 billion from Congress for disaster relief, child care and high-speed Internet
The White House is asking lawmakers for nearly $56 billion in emergency spending for disaster relief, child care funding and broadband.
 
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.
 
President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Washington, about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Biden declares Israel and Ukraine support is vital for US security, will ask Congress for billions
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden has made his case for major U.S. backing of Ukraine and Israel in a time of war.
 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)
US and Qatar agree to prevent disbursal of recently unfrozen Iranian funds as Israel-Hamas war rages
The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran for the time being to access $6 billion in Iranian funds that were unblocked as part of a prisoner swap last month.
 
The White House is lit in blue and white, the colors of the Israeli flag, to underscore U.S. solidarity with Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
US begins delivering munitions to Israel as the American death toll rises to 11 in Hamas attacks
The U.S. has already begun delivering critically needed munitions and military equipment to Israel, the White House said Monday, as the Pentagon reviews its inventories to see what else can be sent quickly to boost its ally in the three-day-old war with Hamas.
 
Former President Donald Trump arrives at a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
The Republican field is blaming Joe Biden for dealing with Iran after Hamas’ attack on Israel
Former President Donald Trump and other GOP contenders tried to lay blame on the Biden administration after Hamas militants launched the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare the country at war.
 
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Washington, after the militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday. Thousands of rockets were fired as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden decries the ‘unconscionable’ Hamas attack and warns Israel’s enemies not to exploit the crisis
The Biden administration is pledging to ensure that Israel has “what it needs to defend itself” after the surprise attack that’s drawn worldwide condemnation and anger from Israel’s allies.
 
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support for Ukraine after Congress drops aid request
The White House says President Joe Biden has been in touch with U.S. allies and partners to discuss continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about democracy and the legacy of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Biden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of ‘deafening’ silence
President Joe Biden has issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy.
 
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.
 
President Joe Biden joins striking United Auto Workers on the picket line, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Van Buren Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden makes presidential history after joining striking auto workers
President Joe Biden has joined picketing United Auto Workers in Michigan on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about gun safety on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Gun violence is the ultimate ‘superstorm,’ President Biden says as he announces new federal effort
President Joe Biden says he is determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as he formally launches the first-ever federal office to be dedicated to uncovering solutions and supporting communities ravaged by shootings.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden to deliver democracy speech and pay tribute to John McCain in Arizona next week
President Joe Biden will travel to Arizona next week to deliver a democracy-focused address that will also pay tribute to the late John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate who represented the state in the U.S.
 
President Joe Biden speaks at a leaders' reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Biden is in New York attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly as first lady Jill Biden listens. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
White House to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, AP sources say
President Joe Biden is creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, according to two people familiar with the plans.
 
US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’
President Joe Biden has made his case before the U.N. General Assembly that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about the auto workers strike from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden aims to beef up safeguards for government workers as GOP hopefuls vow to slash workforce
The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government employees as leading Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden is trumpeting Medicare’s new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications, but a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets may be limited. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Biden’s Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he’s not getting much credit
An AP-NORC poll shows 76% of Americans favor allowing the federal health care program for the elderly to negotiate prices for certain prescription drugs.
 
President Joe Biden talks with reporters after taking a Pilates and spin class at PeloDog, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Joe Biden says he will request more funding for a new coronavirus vaccine
President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.
 
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