Jan 07 WATCH: White House press secretary condemns Capitol Hill violence By Associated Press White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany Thursday condemned the violence seen on Capitol Hill Wednesday as "appalling, reprehensible and antithetical to the American way."… Continue reading
Dec 30 Biden team announces new staff picks, highlighting effort to ‘build an administration that looks like America’ By Yamiche Alcindor President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team plans to announce Wednesday a new slate of staffers for their incoming administration and to celebrate hitting their goal of 100 diverse appointments by the end of 2020. Continue reading
Dec 28 WATCH: House debates $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, defense bill By Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 and annual federal spending package into law. But Congress returns Monday to confront the White House on remaining priorities in a rare end-of-session showdown. Continue reading
Dec 22 Giuliani associate wants White House to turn over communications on charge decision By Jim Mustian, Associated Press Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas wants a judge to order the White House and Justice Department to turn over any records referring to the reasons Parnas was charged with making illegal campaign contributions. Continue reading
Dec 14 Trump says he’s nixing plan for early COVID-19 vaccine at White House By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19. Continue reading
Dec 08 New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The Trump administration dived back into COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that adds a $600 direct payment to most Americans. Continue reading
Nov 20 ‘Our time is now.’ With Biden, women in national security see chance to fix imbalance By Ali Rogin Joe Biden has pledged to change the landscape of the overwhelmingly white male-dominated world of national security. When Biden takes the oath of office on January 20, 2021, he will become the first president to have pledged to pursue gender… Continue reading
Nov 19 WATCH: White House coronavirus task force holds briefing By Associated Press With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 6:43 Biden has big climate change plans. But can he get it done? By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber President-elect Joe Biden has put the climate crisis at the top of his incoming administration’s agenda with ambitious goals ranging from rejoining the Paris Agreement to a $2 trillion plan to transition to clean energy. To pass these laws, he… Continue watching
Nov 13 WATCH: Trump falsely takes credit for COVID-19 vaccine while delivering update on Operation Warp Speed By Zeke Miller, Kevin Freking, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first public remarks since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden, as he seeks to highlight positive developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus. Continue reading