Sam Fossum - White House Producer
Sam Fossum
White House Producer
Sam Fossum is a video producer covering the White House for CNN in Washington, DC.
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Biden to meet for a final time with Xi this week as a new Trump era of China relations begins
Nov 13, 2024
President Joe Biden will meet for a final time this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he prepares to hand over power — and the reins of the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship — to president-elect Trump in January.
Trump calls on GOP senators vying to be majority leader to agree to recess appointments
Nov 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding Republican senators vying to be majority leader support recess appointments for his nominees — a way for presidents to essentially bypass Congress that has recently been blocked by the minority party.
Biden seeks to clean up ‘garbage’ comment about Trump supporters denigrating Latinos
Oct 30, 2024
President Joe Biden on Tuesday tried to clean up comments he made earlier that sparked immediate backlash from many who interpreted them as referring to supporters of former President Donald Trump as “garbage.”
US and G7 allies moving forward with $50 billion loan package to Ukraine, including $20 billion from the US backed by frozen Russian assets
Oct 23, 2024
The US and Western allies are moving forward with a $50 billion loan package to Ukraine backed by the profits of frozen Russian assets, which includes a US contribution of $20 billion, the White House announced Wednesday.
Whelan says he fed information to Western officials that he received from fellow prisoners fighting in Ukraine
Oct 20, 2024
Paul Whelan, the American who spent five-and-a-half years wrongfully detained in Russia, revealed Sunday that he passed information along to Western officials he received from fellow prisoners who were fighting for Russia on the frontlines in Ukraine.
Biden postpones foreign travel due to Hurricane Milton
Oct 8, 2024
President Biden will no longer travel abroad this week as a major hurricane speeds toward Florida.
Manchin won’t endorse Harris over vow to gut filibuster to codify abortion rights: ‘Shame on her’
Sep 24, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’ vow to gut the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass a bill codifying abortion rights has cost her an endorsement from a leading Senate moderate: Joe Manchin.
Biden uses final UN speech to note ‘some things are more important than staying in power’
Sep 24, 2024
President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his last speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly to herald the virtues of democracy as he aimed to burnish both his own legacy and US leadership on the world stage, but he did not offer a substantive suggestion on how to address the escalating crisis in the Middle East as Hezbollah and Israel trade strikes.
Russian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for fourth time in past week, NORAD says
Sep 16, 2024
The North American Aerospace Defense command intercepted Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska four times over the last week in what appears to be an uptick in activity amid tensions between the US and Russia.
Progress made in Gaza ceasefire talks but still work to do on ‘final details,’ US official says
Aug 26, 2024
Negotiators working to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages made progress over the weekend, according to a senior US official familiar with the talks in Cairo, where mediators discussed “final details” of a potential agreement including the names of prisoners that would be exchanged as part of the pact.
Rep. Steny Hoyer suffers ‘mild ischemic stroke,’ responding well to treatment
Aug 13, 2024
Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer suffered a “mild ischemic stroke” over the weekend and is responding well to treatment, his office said.
Trump campaign says it won’t commit to Harris debate until she’s confirmed as nominee
Jul 26, 2024
After Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of “backpedaling” on a debate, the Trump campaign said Thursday it would not commit to any future debates until the Democratic Party formally chooses a nominee.
Harris says she ‘will not be silent’ on Gaza suffering while telling Netanyahu to get ceasefire deal done
Jul 26, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to “not be silent” about suffering in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, saying she expressed her “serious concern” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday while telling him it is time to lock down a ceasefire deal.
DNC moves forward with process to determine presidential nominee by August 7 following Biden dropout
Jul 23, 2024
The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, shortly before Kamala Harris secured enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic nomination.
The 25 days that unraveled Biden’s campaign
Jul 21, 2024
Here are the key events that have shaped one of the most crucial months in Biden’s career — and would eventually sunset his half-century life in politics.
Biden says he considers himself a Zionist, adds that he’s done ‘more for the Palestinian community than anybody’
Jul 16, 2024
President Joe Biden told an interviewer he considers himself a Zionist who has also done “more for the Palestinian community than anybody” while calling for more aid to reach the Gaza Strip.
About
Sam Fossum is a video producer covering the White House for CNN in Washington, DC.
Fossum first joined CNN in 2018 as a News Associate-Researcher helping with the network’s coverage of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 election. Fossum was part of the CNN team that won an Emmy and White House Correspondents Association’s Merriman Smith Award for their dogged reporting that broke the secret indictment of Roger Stone.
Prior to moving over to the White House beat in 2022, Fossum worked on the Assignment Desk in the Washington bureau where he covered Capitol Hill, the White House and breaking news.
Fossum was first introduced to journalism at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, which he graduated from in 2018.
