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Big money, fancy homes, old jokes — inside Joe Biden’s …

FILE - President Joe Biden walks to greet Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, left, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as he arrives at Boston Logan International Airport to attend several campaign fundraisers, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Boston. With an election year around the corner, Biden is accelerating his fundraising to prepare for an astronomically expensive campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will appear in northwest …

FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Republican presidential candidates will cross paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and as the countdown to the caucuses nears the one-month mark. DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will make their case in northwest Iowa, a more rural, conservative corner of the state. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Voters to choose between US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and …

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)

Biden launches a Hollywood fundraising blitz to tap into …

President Joe Biden arrives at Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., third from left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, look on. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nikki Haley looks for a strong showing, not necessarily …

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Fox News pushes back against reporter’s suit claiming …

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump stand on vehicles and the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jason Donner, a former Fox News producer says in a lawsuit filed Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, he was targeted and fired for pushing back against false claims about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Donner said he was part of a “purge” of employees who refused to report information that would please Trump and his supporters. Donner was inside the Capitol during the riot and pressed his complaints about the networks coverage for months(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding …

Reporters raise their hands to ask questions as Foreign Ministers, from left, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki, Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi, and Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry, attend a news conference about the Israel-Hamas war, and pressure to reduce civilian casualties, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would …

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., criticizes President Joe Biden's policies and efforts on the debt limit negotiations as he holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s campaign is distancing him from allies who …

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters during a stop at the Front Street Pub & Eatery, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack …

FILE - Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, speaks during a news briefing at the White House, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington. Neuberger said recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers, as well as a separate spate of ransomware incidents hitting the U.S. health care system, are a call to action. Neuberger in an AP interview Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, said local and state governments as well as companies will need to tighten cybersecurity efforts as they face “persistent and capable cyber attacks from hostile countries and criminals." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Tax charges in Hunter Biden case are rarely filed, …

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just …

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges, adding …

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s vow to only be a dictator on ‘day one’ follows …

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table while waiting for proceedings to begin in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)