AAMER MADHANI

Associated Press Reporter

Aamer Madhani is a White House reporter.
President Joe Biden, second right, joined by daughter Ashley Biden, third from right, and granddaughter Natalie Biden, right, meets with indigenous and other leaders during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy
Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to set foot the Amazon rainforest.
 
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
In a meeting with Biden, China’s Xi cautions US to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new administration.”
 
President Joe Biden speaks during a trilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba and the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries
President Joe Biden praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”
 
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen, center, and US Ambassador to Peru Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath wave on the airport tarmac ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Biden arrives in Peru for international summit and meeting with Xi as world leaders brace for Trump
President Joe Biden is beginning a six-day visit to Peru and Brazil for the final major international summits of his presidency.
 
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden and Xi will meet in Peru as US-China relations tested again by Trump’s return
President Joe Biden will hold talks this week with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru. The face-to-face meeting comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
 
President Joe Biden after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss to Trump
Joe Biden’s name wasn’t on the ballot, but history will likely remember Vice President Kamala Harris’ resounding defeat as his loss, too.
 
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters after delivering remarks at a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Harris won’t say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reforms
Vice President Kamala Harris won’t say how she voted on a ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse criminal justice reforms approved in recent years.
 
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Harris appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming
Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” as she took a brief break from the battleground states where she’s been campaigning. Harris appeared in a mirror opposite Maya Rudolph’s impression of her.
 
This combination of photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking during a rally in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 12, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, right, speaking during a rally in Warren, Mich., Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo)
Harris and Trump focus on Sunbelt states during final weekend push for votes
Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are zeroing in on Sunbelt states as they embark on one last weekend quest to sway undecided voters in battleground states that will determine the next president.
 
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Little Chute High School, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have hosted dueling rallies within miles of each other in a fevered final push for votes in swing state Wisconsin’s largest city.
 
Former Rep. Liz Cheney listens in as U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D- Holly speaks during a campaign event at New Vintage Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Slotkin is battling republican candidate Mike Rogers for the seat of Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who is retiring. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)
Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles ‘shooting at her’
Kamala Harris says it was “disqualifying” for Donald Trump to say former Rep. Liz Cheney should have rifles “shooting at her” to see how she feels about sending troops to fight.
 
President Joe Biden speaks during an event about his Investing in America agenda, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at the Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
AP sources: White House altered record of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns
White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers tasked with recording the president’s remarks for posterity.
 
President Joe Biden shakes hands during a meeting with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Biden, Cyprus president discuss administration push to win cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon
President Joe Biden and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides have discussed a new effort by the U.S. administration and mediators in the Middle East to forge cease-fires to end fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.
 
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after casting his early-voting ballot for the 2024 general elections, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, at a polling station in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden looks to maintain relevance in political conversation in final sprint to Election Day
President Joe Biden’s 50 years in elected office are nearing their end. That doesn’t mean he’s ready to quietly exit the politics stage.
 
President Joe Biden departs a polling station after casting his early-voting ballot for the 2024 general elections, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden casts 2024 election ballot near his Delaware home, waiting in line with other voters
President Joe Biden on Monday cast an early ballot in the 2024 general election. It’s a bittersweet moment for Biden, who decided to end his reelection campaign in July because of growing concerns about his health and Democrats’ worries about his chances against former President Donald Trump.
 
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, applauds the crowd after speaking at a campaign event at Penn State Behrend Erie Hall, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Erie, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won’t label Moscow as an enemy
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it’s counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy.
 
Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listens at the overflow space of a campaign rally at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
‘Take our lives seriously,’ Michelle Obama pleads as she rallies for Kamala Harris in Michigan
Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was her first appearance on the campaign trail since the Democratic National Convention over the summer.
 
President Joe Biden greets people as he arrives at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden heads to Indian Country as Harris steps up appeal to Native American voters
President Joe Biden is at last making his way to Indian Country. He’s paying a long-promised visit to a reservation in Arizona that Democrats hope could provide a boost to Vice President Kamala Harris’ turnout effort in a key battleground state.
 
In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP)
G7 allies are moving ahead with a $50 billion loan for Ukraine backed by frozen Russian funds
Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies. That word comes Wednesday from the White House.
 
A TV screen shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea stand in line to receive supplies from Russia during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
US confirms North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for training and possible Ukraine combat
The U.S. says 3,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.
 
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob, left, as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Biden heaps praise on Slovenia PM for aiding release of Americans in major US-Russia prisoner swap
President Joe Biden heaped praise on Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob during an Oval Office meeting for his key role in a recent seven-nation prisoner swap.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. U.S. officials say the Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic discussions, cautioned that the pledge is not iron-clad and that circumstances could change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Biden is ‘deeply concerned’ about the release of secret documents on Israel’s possible attack plans
White House national security spokesman John Kirby says President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran.
 
Trevor Cowling helps out during an activity class at a summer camp for youth at Valley Baptist Church Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on how Arizona voters view the economy with the election close at hand
The Arizona economy is flourishing by many measures. It just doesn’t feel that way for many voters in the presidential battleground state as they consider which candidate to vote for in next month’s election.
 
Trevor Cowling speaks with a parishioner at Valley Baptist Church, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
American despair: In Arizona, high home prices and limited prospects shape voters’ presidential pick
American voters are hearing both parties promise to help the middle class if they win the election next month. But people have heard it before and, in the view of many, nothing got better.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Milton from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Biden to travel to Germany this week, Angola in December for visits delayed by Hurricane Milton
President Joe Biden is heading to Germany this week and will go to Angola in December. He’s rescheduling a visit that was postponed so he could remain in Washington as Hurricane Milton lashed the Florida Gulf Coast.
 
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
From the pulpit, Harris calls out Trump for hurricane misinformation. Biden surveys Florida’s damage
Kamala Harris has used an appearance before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government’s hurricane response.
 
This combination image shows, from left; President Joe Biden, on March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Del., and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 28, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo, File)
Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first call in weeks.
 
President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Milwaukee Department of Public Works in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, to discuss his administration's progress in replacing lead pipes in Wisconsin and across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden makes rare dip into battleground state fray with visits to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
President Joe Biden has made a rare jump into the 2024 battleground political fray since ending his reelection bid.
 
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Biden won’t support a strike on Iran nuclear sites as Israel weighs response to Iran missile attack
President Joe Biden says he won’t support an Israeli attack on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel.
 
In this combination of photos taken in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 19, 2024, in York. (AP Photo)
Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
Hurricane Helene, the growing conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike are looming over the final weeks of the American presidential campaign.
 
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