White House waves off Fox News question on crack pipes in safe smoking kits: ‘Bit of a conspiracy theory’ Original report admitted it couldn’t identify whether federal dollars had ever been used The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
Jen Psaki says she’ll miss her daily confrontations with Fox News reporter Peter Doocy Outgoing White House press secretary will be replaced by Karine Jean-Pierre The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
White House waves off Fox News question on crack pipes in safe smoking kits: ‘Bit of a conspiracy theory’ Original report admitted it couldn’t identify whether federal dollars had ever been used The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
U.S. President considering Korea DMZ visit when traveling to Asia this month U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone when he visits Asia later this month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. Reuters · May 12, 2022
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she and her children were target of ‘threats’ for White House work Top Biden aide says she was sent ominous messages that included her home address The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Republican governors ask DoJ to block protests outside Supreme Court justices’ homes The governors of Virginia and Maryland sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for increased protection for conservative justices The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Psaki says she regrets comment about sending Covid tests to every American: ‘I had just hit my limit’ ‘I had said about 9,000 words about what we had done for testing’ The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
Jen Psaki: Not quite a love story She had a nearly impossible job: Restoring sanity to the White House after four years of chaos. Did it work? Salon · May 12, 2022
Biden co-hosting 2nd COVID summit as world's resolve falters President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as the second global COVID-19 summit opens The Independent UK · May 12, 2022
US House panel sets hearing on baby formula shortage exacerbated by recall from Michigan plant WASHINGTON — A U.S. House committee on Wednesday announced plans for a May 25 hearing on a national baby formula shortage fueled in part by a February recall by the manufacturer Abbot for products made at its Michigan plant. Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022
‘Fiery’ Psaki ending tenure as a top White House messenger Jen Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Joe Biden has been in office The Independent UK · May 11, 2022
As abortion protests spread, Sen. Josh Hawley equates them with the Jan. 6 insurrection WASHINGTON — As abortion rights protests have spread across the country, targeting churches, anti-abortion clinics and the homes of senators and Supreme Court justices, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is equating them to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022
Explained: What’s up with Biden’s Wednesday visits to Kankakee, Chicago Biden arrives in Illinois hours after the April inflation numbers are released and the White House is braced for grim news. Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2022
The Biden administration is working to ease the ongoing shortage of baby formula The average out-of-stock rate for baby formula at retailers across the country was 43% during the first week of May, according to the firm Datasembly. WEKU · May 10, 2022
The Independent UK · May 10, 2022 Jen Psaki explains Biden’s use of ‘ultra-MAGA’ to describe ‘extreme’ wing of GOP White House press corps has questioned whether Biden’s new sharper tone against GOP hurts bipartisanship chances
Reason · May 10, 2022 The U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Is the FDA's Fault Plus: Trusting the science is now an explicitly partisan issue, stocks are still plummeting, and more...
Los Angeles Times · May 10, 2022 LZ Granderson: Representation matters. Biden's new LGBTQ press secretary has a big job ahead Ten years ago this month I gave a TEDx Talk titled "The Myth of the Gay Agenda." It was shortly after President Barack Obama announced his public support for same-sex marriage, becoming the first commander in chief to do so while still in office. During the talk, I shared some…
The Independent UK · May 10, 2022 Biden says he is worried Vladimir Putin does not ‘have a way out’ of Ukraine war ‘And I’m trying to figure out what we do about that’
ABC News · May 9, 2022 Ukraine-Russia war: Joe Biden worried Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of Ukraine war — as it happened Joe Biden says he is worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of the Ukraine war, with the US President adding he was trying to figure out what to do about that.
The Independent UK · May 9, 2022 US ‘at serious risk’ of GOP enacting national abortion ban, White House says ‘You’ve heard ... Mitch McConnell and other Republicans in Congress are talking about a national ban on a woman’s right to choose’
WEKU · May 9, 2022 White House responds to protests over leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe Protestors gathered outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house and Chief Justice John Roberts house over the weekend.
Roll Call · May 9, 2022 Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution.
The Independent UK · May 9, 2022 White House press secretary Jen Psaki cautions demonstrators after Roe v Wade protests erupt Democrats face pressure to act and codify rights at federal level
Tribune News Service · May 8, 2022 Biden taps Democrats’ abortion fury with midterm wipeout looming WASHINGTON — White House officials are seizing the political opportunity in Democrats’ doomsday scenario, the end of nationwide abortion rights, to try to salvage a midterm election thought to be all but lost for President Joe Biden’s party.
The Guardian - US · May 8, 2022 Russian release fuels hopes for Biden action on US captives held worldwide The parents of Austin Tice, detained in Syria since 2012, met the president after Moscow freed Trevor Reed – with at least 55 similar cases globally