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Biden to host Hanukkah ceremony at the White House …

A man returns to his seat during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Biden heads to Philadelphia for firefighters and fundraising

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about investment in rail projects, including high-speed electric trains, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Jury trial will decide how much Giuliani must pay election …

FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. A trial set to get underway in Washington on Monday, Dec. 11, will determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of fraud while pushing Donald Trump's baseless claims after he lost the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Biden’s 2024 dilemma: US economy looks solid, but voters …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about investing in clean energy manufacturing at CS Wind, the largest wind tower manufacturer in the world, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Pueblo, Colo. Biden goes into next year's election with a vexing challenge: Just as the U.S. economy is getting stronger, people are still feeling horrible about it. Pollsters and economists say there has never been as wide a gap between the underlying health of the economy and public perception. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Divers recover the seventh of 8 crew members killed in …

FILE -In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short history. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP)

Zelenskyy will meet Biden at the White House amid a stepped-up …

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs sits idle in Congress, neither approved nor rejected, but subjected to new political demands. Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new funds for Ukraine to fight Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says he won’t testify Monday at his New York fraud …

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool, File)

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Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. …

FILE - Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing. Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about investment in rail projects, including high-speed electric trains, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles …

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the original underground launch capsules where missileers still spend 24 to 48 hours sitting alert duty. From these underground capsules the launch officers can monitor the silo-based Minuteman III missiles or could fire them if the president ordered a launch. The capsules were dug in the 1960s and have not changed much since then. All of the launch control centers will be demolished and new centers will be built as part of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. Construction work on the new system could start as early as next year. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

At DC roast, Joe Manchin jokes he could be the slightly …

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. Speaking Saturday night, Dec. 9, during the Gridiron Club’s winter dinner, Manchin teased a potential third-party run for the White House, joking that the nation could use someone slightly younger than the leading contenders. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Democrat John Whitmire elected Houston mayor, defeating …

FILE - In this photo combination, U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, left, speaks during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 13, 2019, and at right, Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire answers a question during a televised candidates debate at Houston Public Media studios, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Houston. A mayoral runoff Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 73, has the fourth-largest city in the U.S. on the verge of picking a new leader who cuts against Houston's demographic trends. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Michael Wyke, File)

GOP presidential candidates share stories of family …

Republican presidential candidate former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's, R-Iowa, Faith and Family with the Feenstras event, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech …