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Yellen will speak to the president after the trading app Robinhood infuriated users for blocking purchases Thursday of stocks popularized by Reddit such as GameStop.

Both White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, and special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry, spoke without sporting masks during Wednesday’s press briefing.

Rep. Jim Jordan called out the press regarding an inconsistency in their criticism of the Trump administration Tuesday afternoon.

Biden administration officials Susan Rice, White House domestic policy adviser, and Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, went maskless while speaking during Tuesday’s press briefing as Democrats begin to tout the practice of “double-masking.”

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to say Tuesday what concessions, if any, President Joe Biden would require from the Palestinians in exchange for the benefits that he promised to provide them during his election campaign.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) released a pointed statement Tuesday after White House press secretary Jen Psaki appeared to suggest Florida is underutilizing the vaccines it has received, describing the insinuation as “totally disingenuous.”

An astounding 200 House Republicans have signed onto a letter from Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) to congressional leaders asking them to protect the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal tax dollars from being used to conduct abortions.

President Biden’s White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not wear a mask while fielding questions from reporters during Monday’s briefing despite the administration’s push for 100 days of masking and Biden’s executive order requiring masks on federal property with limited exceptions.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki struggled to explain Monday why President Joe Biden’s travel ban on South Africa was not “xenophobic” — which is how then-candidate Biden described President Donald Trump’s ban on China last year.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese both spoke without masks during Friday afternoon’s press briefing as members of President Joe Biden’s administration, and Biden himself, continue to appear to violate his executive order which largely requires face coverings on federal property.

President Joe Biden undercut the leadership of his own party in the United States Senate on Friday by signaling his continuing opposition to scrapping the legislative filibuster.

“The Biden administration will confront this threat with the necessary recourses and resolve,” she said.

President Joe Biden, along with first lady Jill Biden, joined members of their family at the Lincoln Memorial on the night of Inauguration Day, where they took a photo as a group with masks, and one without.

“I wouldn’t read into that, other than immigration we consider as part of racial equity, which is a broad issue but that’s how the president has spoken about that crisis over the past several months,” Psaki said when asked about Biden’s efforts to overturn Trump’s executive orders on immigration. 

“He was surrounded by his family, we take a number of precautions but I think we have bigger issues to worry about at this moment in time,” she said.

“I caused an unintentional ripple yesterday so wanted to state very clearly President Biden intends to keep FBI Director Wray on in his role and he has confidence in the job he is doing,” Psaki wrote on Twitter.

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki discussed her new role and how she plans to operate as the mouthpiece of the Joe Biden administration.

Jen Psaki broke President Biden’s Inaugural promise, just hours earlier, to fight “lies” with “truth” when she falsely claimed the travel ban was a “Muslim ban.”

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to say Wednesday whether President Joe Biden wanted the Senate to hold a trial to determine if President Donald Trump should be barred from federal office, following his impeachment last week.

“I will take the opportunity to remind all of you that he is a devout Catholic, and somebody who attends church regularly,” Paski replied after noting that Biden would address the Mexico City policy in the coming days.

“There are a number of ways to combat misinformation. One is accurate information and truth, and data, and sharing information even when it is hard to hear,” Psaki said.

During a press conference on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question on whether or not President Biden has confidence in FBI Director Christopher Wray by saying she hasn’t spoken with Biden about Wray recently. NBC

During MSNBC’s Inauguration coverage on Wednesday, host Brian Williams previewed the first press briefing of the Biden administration by stating that it will be “a shock to witness a fact-based White House briefing in that briefing room.” Williams said, “It’s going

The oldest president to take the oath, Joe Biden plans a frantic first day in power once his ceremonial swearing in is completed Wednesday. Some 17 executive actions and orders are ready for his initial hours in the Oval Office, designed to tackle everything from climate change to global poverty, all while he cancels the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, said Saturday that the vice president “welcomes the efforts of the House and Senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the Congress and the American people,” according to the BBC.

During an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Thursday, incoming White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said she “can’t get ahead of” how any national security leaks during the Biden administration will be handled and whether the Biden administration will

Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s choice for White House press secretary responded to a question on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” about Jen O’Malley Dillon, the incoming White House deputy chief of staff, calling congressional Republicans an expletive in an interview for Glamour Magazine.

Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s choice for White House press secretary, said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President-elect Joe Biden would not discuss the investigation into his son, Hunter, with anyone the president-elect interviews to nominate for attorney general.

Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s choice for White House press secretary, said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President-elect Joe Biden had not made it a priority to make sure President Donald Trump attends the inauguration.

“Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said on this week’s broadcast of his program that the “fuss” over Jill Biden’s title of “doctor” had not been applied to “Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki warned the media of “Russian propaganda” on Tuesday after images of her wearing a pink hammer and sickle hat resurfaced on social media.

The photo of Psaki was revisited by Trump Campaign Deputy Director of Communications Matt Wolking who shared the image on social media.

Joe Biden announced that Obama administration alumna Jen Psaki would be his press secretary, bypassing his devoted campaign spokesperson and surrogate, Symone Sanders.

The timeline of events surrounding Hunter Biden’s appointment to the board of Burisma Holdings undercuts Joe Biden’s newest defense about not being made aware his son’s overseas dealings could pose a conflict of interest.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry claimed ignorance of Hunter Biden’s work with Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas conglomerate, on Sunday—despite evidence to the contrary from Obama administration officials and even his own stepson.

The Obama administration was fully aware of the conflict of interest posed by Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, taking a board position with Ukrainian gas firm Burisma — and consistently ducked questions about it.