“It’s tragic that in the immediate aftermath of a series of high profile mass shootings that people feel like they have to go out an purchase a gun,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing with reporters today.
Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump is answering back, after White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest accused him of having fake hair.
President Barack Obama’s spokesman angrily lashed out at Donald Trump for proposing a ban on Muslim immigration to the United States, and accused him of “offensive bluster” and “grotesque and offensive” language.
The White House is not happy about news that stocks for gun companies were soaring after President Obama’s recent push on gun control.
You should buy a gun. You should learn how to use it. You should buy sufficient ammunition. You should get a license to carry, if you can.
The Obama administration is still reluctant to call the attack in California an act of terrorism, citing the ongoing investigation by the F.B.I. before they might willing to specifically define the event.
“One thing we could do is we could ban the sale of assault weapons,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during the White House press briefing today. “That certainly would make it harder for those individuals who shouldn’t have them from getting them.”
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On Monday, the White House announced some tightening of the visa waiver program, whose participants include countries such as France and Belgium. The Paris terror attacks were the obvious reason for the new measures.
The Obama administration is pressing for gun control, repeating a demand that Congress pass a ban on gun ownership for Americans on the no-fly list.
On November 23 the White House focused on gun control as a means of shifting attention away from President Obama’s contentious push for Syrian refugees.
Monday at the White House press briefing, while pushing the administration’s support for banning anyone on the terror watch list from purchasing a firearm, press secretary Josh Earnest accused Republucans of being “more scared of the NRA” than national security.
This Thanksgiving, the Obama administration wants Americans to talk about why Congress won’t pass more gun control – but not about Obama’s foreign policy failures.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, “I would encourage you to do is to spend just as much time focusing on the president’s actions, as you do his words” on Wednesday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox
“The White House and POTUS Facebook pages are official White House channels and utilize tools offered by Facebook to promote constructive conversation, including filters for profanity and relevancy of comments,” an administration official said in response to a question from Breitbart News.
Obama administration officials say presidential candidate Ben Carson deserves increased media scrutiny but disagree that their boss got a free pass from the media in 2008.
Monday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest said the media vetting of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was “appropriate” and “good for our democracy.” “This process is good for our democracy,” Earnest said to a
The Obama administration is sending a new message to people on the Obamacare e-mail list. Sign up for health insurance by December 15 or face big fines.
Tuesday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for saying at his press conference this morning that President Barack Obama is intentionally forcing Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to keep interest rates low in order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes flying as low as 500 feet near the USS Ronald Reagan, a massive nuclear-powered aircraft supercarrier, as it sailed in international waters east of the Korean Peninsula earlier this week, the White
Even though the newly elected Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has supported immigration reform in the past, the Obama administration did not appear confident that he will help them pass any immigration reform.
During the White House press briefing today, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was peppered with questions about Vice President Joe Biden’s upcoming presidential decision – at one point mistakenly describing him as a candidate.
Vice President Joe Biden contested today that he, not Hillary Clinton, is the one who is closest to Obama and has more influence on his decisions in the White House.
Thursday at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Texas, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton doubled down on her debate claim that she had seen the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which she said were made public
French officials joined the United States Thursday in condemning illegal ballistic missile tests that the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out over the weekend.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is wondering how Hillary Clinton could know exactly what is in the Trans-Pacific Trade partnership, since the text hasn’t been released yet. Earnest said that the full text would be published with plenty of time for review before Congress takes a vote on it.
In the first clip at last night’s CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas, candidate Hillary Clinton said of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), “I did say when I was secretary of state three years ago that I hoped it
President Obama publicly ignored the Democratic presidential debate, broadcast on CNN Tuesday night, choosing instead to tweet about baseball.
President Obama will likely “channel surf” during the Democratic Presidential Debate tonight, White House officials suggested, as his former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, takes the stage to ward off her rivals.
Thursday, commenting on the news that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has dropped out of the race to become speaker, press secretary Josh Earnest said the next speaker will have to, “tame the forces” of the “extreme ideologues” in
Vice President Joe Biden met with Obama for lunch today as he weighs the biggest decision of his political career. Should he cede the Democratic presidential race to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or get in the race?
The White House confirmed that President Obama was preparing a series of executive actions on gun control to match his recent passion on the issue after the latest mass shooting in Oregon.
In response to the violence, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest insisted that President Obama still held gun control efforts at the top of his list of priorities, but that it was up to Congress to address it, arguing that there was bipartisan support for gun control laws. “The president has been quite candid about how this is and has been a source of frustration for him,” Earnest said. He also insisted the “vast majority of the American people” agreed with Obama on some element of gun control but that “fundamental change” in the country was necessary for political action.
As Russian forces intervene in Syria, the White House is warning Russian President Vladimir Putin against making the same mistakes made by George W. Bush in Iraq.
The White House is defending President Obama’s rhetoric on religious freedom after Republicans questioned the president’s record on the issue, especially the freedom of Christians in America.
The White House criticized the Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood as bad for the economy, pointing to the potential shutdown of the abortion corporation’s clinics.
On Monday, the Obama White House praised Iran for cooperating with international inspectors–as Iran inspected its own military facility for evidence of nuclear activity.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest decried Ben Carson’s remarks for suggesting that a Muslim would not be qualified to be president of the United States, calling it unconstitutional.
Monday at the White House press briefing press secretary Josh Earnest reacted to Republican presidential candidate, neurosurgeon Ben Carson saying he believes a Muslim would not be qualified to be president by attacking the entire GOP field. Earnest said, “We
Friday at the White House press briefing, when press secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the controversy over Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump ignoring a town hall audience member suggesting President Barack Obama is Muslim, he used the opportunity to
