Administration
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden's warning to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not indicate that the U.S. plans to 'abandon' Israel. Sullivan, in a conversation with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, cautioned about the 'significant' civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes following President Biden's recent threat…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Sunday that the U.S. hasn't seen any plans from Israel regarding how the nation will protect civilians or the future of Gaza after the war. CBS’s Margaret Brennan questioned Blinken on “Face the Nation” regarding the U.S. holding back high payload bombs to Israel, among recent concerns about the Israeli military…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes a higher number of civilians in Gaza have been killed compared to terrorists. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on “Face the Nation” about whether the U.S. agrees with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statement that Israel has killed 14,000 terrorists and 16,000 civilians in its…
President Biden gave the Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Friday, and he praised them as an amazing group. He said, “Nineteen amazing people who have never stopped being curious, creative, inventive, and hopeful, and have always believed in a better future.” The recipients sat next to the president as he spoke.
The White House is restructuring its group of immigration advisers, bringing in a top border enforcement policy leader and a development expert to complete its team. Blas Nuñez-Neto comes to the White House from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where he served as the assistant secretary for border and immigration policy and…
The White House on Friday commended a group of University of North Carolina students who waved the American flag at a protest on campus related to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during a briefing if President Biden would think about providing financial assistance to the fraternity members…
Mark Hamill says the force is with President Biden — the actor made a surprise visit Friday to the White House briefing room and offered a “Star Wars”-inspired nickname for the commander in chief. “How many of you had ‘Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing’ on your bingo cards?”…
The White House criticized former President Trump on Thursday after he downplayed the severity of the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., compared to ongoing campus protests over the war in Gaza. Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said that minimizing the Antisemitic and white supremacist poison displayed in Charlottesville is repugnant and divisive.
The Justice Department has declined, for a second time, to hand over audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, rejecting claims from GOP impeachment investigators that the recordings contain information helpful for their probe.
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