the Texas Governor's Mansion Wednesday, July 18, 2012, in Austin, Texas. After four years, the historic Texas Governor's Mansion was restored in a $25 million project after the building was nearly destroyed by fire. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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President Joe Biden poses for a photo with Hurley "HJ" Coleman IV and his father Hurley Coleman III, left, as he arrives for a campaign event at Pleasant View Golf Club in Saginaw, Mich., Thursday, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden skipped visiting a Black church on his recent Michigan trip, angering some community leaders

President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and possibly hedge against growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslim-Americans in the critical swing state.

President Joe Biden meets with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hosting Ireland’s prime minister, Biden celebrates his Irish roots (as he likes to do)

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this weekend, President Joe Biden is dwelling on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland.

President Joe Biden visits his Wisconsin election campaign office Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden looks to shore up Democratic ‘blue wall’ as he announces millions for projects

President Joe Biden is visiting Wisconsin and Michigan, looking to shore up a “blue wall” of swing states that long backed Democrats in presidential races.

FILE - In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J. The sequel to the 2020 election is officially set as the president and his immediate predecessor secured their parties' nominations. Biden and Trump have set up a political movie the country has seen before — even if the last version was in black and white. (AP Photo, File)

US has its first presidential rematch since 1956, and other facts about the Biden-Trump sequel

November’s presidential race is actually a political movie the country has seen before.

President Joe Biden, left, departs St. Joesph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Sunday, March 10, 2024, after attending Mass. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age

Fifteen youth activist groups have announced that they are jointly endorsing President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, backing the oldest president in U.S. history despite polls consistently showing voter concerns about his advanced age.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden depart as Stella, the daughter Jack Cunicelli and Monica Gagliardi, walks with them Friday, March 8, 2024, in Rose Valley, Pa. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden visiting battleground states and expanding staff as his campaign tries to seize the offensive

Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden and his senior aides are beginning to barnstorm the country to aggressively sell his vision for a second term to voters.

FILE - This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. Biden and Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. The designation allows the candidates to coordinate directly with the national Democratic and Republican parties, although they aren't considered official nominees until the summer conventions. (AP Photo, File)

Seven states and events miles apart: How the Trump and Biden campaigns approach a rematch

Joe Biden and Donald Trump each won the White House by razor-thin margins in key states. Now they each must try to rebuild their once-winning coalitions.

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., speaks during a campaign stop, Jan. 18, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Phillips of Minnesota ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic presidential bid on Wednesday after failing to win a primary contest against President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips ends Democratic primary challenge and endorses President Joe Biden

Dean Phillips is ending his long-shot Democratic primary challenge of President Joe Biden after failing to win a primary contest.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A November rematch is all but cemented for Biden and Trump

Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on any single day.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley poses for a selfie after speaking at a campaign event in South Burlington, Vermont, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory

Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is bound to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a Republican campaign event, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Haley says she raised a strong $12M in February, but can’t point to long-term plan to beat Trump

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she raised $12 million in February. That’s a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against former President Donald Trump past next week’s Super Tuesday — even though she can’t point to an upcoming state where she expect

President Joe Biden departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following a physical, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical

President Joe Biden’s doctor says he “continues to be fit for duty” after conducting an annual physical that will be closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. Biden on Feb. 28 is signing an executive order aiming to better protect Americans' personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden acts to better protect Americans’ personal data such as health records and finances

President Joe Biden is signing an executive order aiming to better protect Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia.

Augusta University students, in blue, and University of Georgia students gather at the Tate Plaza on the UGA campus in Athens, Ga., Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, to pay tribute to Laken Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University's Athens campus who was found dead Thursday, Feb. 22, after a roommate reported she didn't return from a morning run in a wooded area of the UGA campus near its intramural fields. UGA students also gathered to pay tribute to a student who committed suicide last week. (Nell Carroll/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

The killing of a Georgia nursing student is now at the center of the US immigration debate

The suspect in last week’s slaying of Laken Riley is a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case.

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One in Mountain View, Calif., for a campaign fundraiser, Feb. 22, 2024. Biden doesn't discuss the death penalty much today. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, vows in his campaign speeches to seek execution for drug dealers as part of a national crackdown on crime. Capital punishment may not be dominating the 2024 presidential race, but it could quickly seize the political spotlight after November. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That’s left an opening for Trump

Prosecutors recently announced that they’d seek capital murder charges in the Buffalo mass shooting case, despite a moratorium on the federal death penalty that’s held for nearly three years.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s South Carolina win adds to early state sweep

Donald Trump has won South Carolina’s Republican primary, beating his last major rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, in her home state.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump tells religious broadcasters he’ll defend Christianity against perceived threats from the left

Former President Donald Trump is promising to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and is suggesting he’ll protect the faith’s central icon, warning a convention of religious broadcasters that the left wants “to tear down crosses.”

FILE - The White House is seen at sunset in Washington, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that the visit set for May 23. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden plans to welcome Kenyan president to White House for state visit in May

President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year.

The Theodore Roosevelt Building, location of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, on Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins

Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, Democratic candidate for New York's 3rd congressional district, speaks at his election night party Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.Y. Suozzi won a special election for the House seat formerly held by George Santos. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Democrats cheer New York win as good omen for November. But is it enough to calm anxiety over Biden?

Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could provide a blueprint for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign heading into November.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden campaign trumpets joining TikTok, despite his own administration’s security concerns

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is defending its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with young voters.

Taylor Swift watches the celebration on the field after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22 against the 49ers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Chiefs get White House invitation to celebrate Super Bowl win. Could Taylor Swift tag along?

The White House says it’s looking forward to hosting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs again.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" final season premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

DNC files federal complaint alleging RFK Jr.'s super PAC is working too closely with his campaign

The Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, accusing presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. of a “ballot access scheme.”

President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at Lansdowne Resort, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 In Leesburg, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How the ghostwriter of Biden’s memoirs ended up in the center of a classified documents probe

President Joe Biden worked so closely with the ghostwriter he is accused of sharing government secrets with, Mark Zwonitzer, that he once declared that he’d trust the author “with my life.”

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson speaks at The Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, Sept. 10, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Williamson has suspended her campaign, ending her long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden

Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson is suspending her long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden speaks to pilots aboard Marine One as he arrives at the Wall Street Landing Zone in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, to attend fundraisers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden takes Manhattan with 3 fundraisers in 4 hours on a February afternoon

President Joe Biden has zipped through a trio of tony fundraisers in Manhattan. The president was raising cash, confounding traffic and framing the 2024 election as “not about me” but rather stopping GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden plans to hold a March fundraiser with former Presidents Obama and Clinton in New York

President Joe Biden is teaming up with predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton next month for a New York fundraiser aimed at powering up donations for his reelection campaign.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina’s Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary, notching a victory in the state that he pushed to lead the party’s nominating calendar.

Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden's campaign manager has traveled to Michigan, where many Arab American leaders are enraged over the administration's policy toward Israel, and found some top activists unwilling to meet. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Biden reelection campaign team gets shunned by some Arab American leaders while visiting Michigan

President Joe Biden’s campaign manager traveled to Michigan and found some top activists unwilling to meet with her.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, after traveling to Manassas, Va., for a campaign event. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

President Joe Biden has won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary, prevailing via an unusual write-in campaign after he refused to campaign or appear on the ballot in the state.