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President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Hagerstown, Md. The President is traveling to Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden first incumbent president to lose a primary in 44 years

By Staff - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. Biden is forming a new "strike force" to crack down on illegal and unfair pricing on things like groceries, prescription drugs, health care, housing and financial services. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden swept the support of 15 states during Super Tuesday

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - A sailing ship is seen in the harbor at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in July 2002. Jason Palmer, an unknown candidate, won the Democratic primary in American Samoa on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Out of 91 ballots cast, Palmer won 51 and President Joe Biden won 40, according to the local party. (AP Photo/David Briscoe, File)

Who is Jason Palmer?

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer poses for a photo at a Washington hotel in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Palmer, an unknown candidate, won the Democratic primary in American Samoa. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Biden suffers first 2024 loss to little known candidate

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

This Feb. 5, 2020, file photo provided by Tisa Fa'amuli shows homes on a bay in the village of Alega on Tutuila, the largest island in the American Samoa archipelago. (Tisa Fa'amuli via AP)

National Park of American Samoa the nation’s least visited in 2022

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this July 7, 2009, photo, dancers representing Hawaii and the Samoas join to form a link at a ceremony celebrating the launch of a new fiber optic cable in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Many residents of American Samoa are concerned that a federal judge's recent ruling in Utah, saying those born in the U.S. territory should be recognized as U.S. citizens, could threaten &quot;fa'a Samoa,&quot; the Samoan way of life, which includes cultural traditions like prayer curfews, communal living and a belief that the islands' lands should stay in Samoan hands. (AP Photo/Fili Sagapolutele) **FILE**

Supreme Court declines invitation to broaden birthright citizenship

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Agency cancels Hawaii tsunami watch after huge Pacific quake

Associated Press

American Samoa repatriation program detects 5 virus cases

Associated Press

Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki, left, plays with one of her twins, Lima, right, outside of a relative's home in Provo, Utah, on Jan. 8, 2021. The young mother cannot stop the tears as she tries to explain what life has been like since her home, the U.S. territory of American Samoa, closed its borders to keep COVID-19 from ravaging the tiny string of Pacific Islands and atolls. (Annie Barker/The Deseret News via AP)

Pain, gratitude mix for American Samoans stuck in U.S.

By AMY DONALDSON - Associated Press

American Samoa residents stranded by virus to stop in Hawaii

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Makerita Iosefo-Va'a and her husband Shaun Va'a sit together in a park near a relative's home where they are temporarily staying in Tracy, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2020. The couple are homesick for American Samoa. She's among an estimated 600 residents of the U.S. territory who were away when American Samoa's governor closed borders to keep the cluster of Pacific islands free from coronavirus. Vaʻa and others say they don't want American Samoa to open its borders, but just to bring them home safely. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Pandemic leaves American Samoa residents stranded, homesick

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

US appeals court in Denver eyes American Samoa citizenship

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

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Soldiers in uniform appear during American Samoa DNC roll call vote

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2020, photo, a woman walks on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. Hawaii has some of the lowest coronavirus infection and mortality rates in the U.S. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) **FILE**

Isolated by oceans: Hawaii, other islands tamp down virus

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

Former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg gestures to supporters as he announces the suspension of his campaign and his endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden for president in New York Wednesday , March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Bloomberg’s hope for Super Tuesday splash lands in Pacific

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and FILI SAGAPOLUTELE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 10, 2020 photo, Filipo Ilaoa, left, and Bonnelley Pa'uulu pose with the flag of American Samoa at the American Samoa government office in Honolulu. Some American Samoans worry a federal judge's recent ruling in Utah saying those born in the U.S. territory should be recognized as U.S. citizens could threaten &quot;fa'a Samoa,&quot; or the Samoan way of life. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Not all born in American Samoa want US citizenship

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

American Samoa to begin mass measles vaccination this week

By Associated Press - Associated Press

American Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE - Associated Press

Illustration on American versus Chinese influence in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reviving the Monroe Doctrine in the Indo-Pacific

By Dennis Lennox

A view from the top of a two story building in Fagatogo village overlooking the Port of Pago Pago, as the North Korean cargo ship, Wise Honest, docks at the main docking section of Pago Pago Harbor, Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The North Korean cargo ship was seized by the U.S. because of suspicion it was used to violate international sanctions. It arrived Saturday at the capital of this American territory. (AP Photo/Fili Sagapolutele)

Wise Honest, North Korean cargo ship seized by U.S., arrives in American Samoa

By Fili Sagapolutele - Associated Press