White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is denouncing Donald Trump for failing to correct a man at a political rally who said that Obama was a Muslim and not born in America.
The White House dismissed Carly Fiorina’s dare to President Obama to watch the Planned Parenthood videos that have sparked a groundswell of opposition against the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Thursday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest criticized Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate by saying it seemed like a “tough day at the airport” with a “dozen people in suits, who were lined up in kiosks
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely visit president Obama in Washington D.C. in the month of November.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The United States is preparing for an influx of 10,000 additional Syrian refugees in 2016, according to the White House.
While presidential candidates of both parties are swarming the important early state of Iowa, President Obama plans his own event in there.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The White House is concerned that Russia’s increasing military activity in Syria could lead to more chaos in the country, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today.
Confronted with headlines in the media highlighting the extreme conditions suffered by Syrian refugees, the White House admitted that additional steps were “under active consideration” at the State Department.
The White House says no public official is above the rule of law, after Kentucky County Court Clerk Kim Davis was ordered to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. It didn’t mention Obama’s history of questionable legal decisions, which critics argue are a direct affront to the Constitution. Earlier this year, Sen. Ted Cruz issued a list of 76 “lawless” actions by the administration that he argued was an abuse of executive power.
Thursday at the White House press briefing while responding to a question about Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was found in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to issue any marriage licenses because of her opposition to
“My guess is that that the happiest people today are either Patriot’s fans or fantasy football owners who had the wisdom to get a steal by drafting Tom Brady late in the draft,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest, adding that it was probably a smart move by fantasy football team owners to select the quarterback in their draft.
Each month, the Obama administration prides itself for making public the White House visitor logs. Aboard Air Force One yesterday, reporters questioned White House press secretary Josh Earnest why the guest list for the Prince concert was kept secret. “At this point, that’s not something that I anticipate that we’ll do,” Earnest replied, defending the Obama administration’s widely mocked self-description as “most transparent administration in history.”
The White House dismissed Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump’s upcoming rally against the Iran nuclear deal, calling it a “pro-war” event.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest weighed in on the dispute between Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and presidential candidate Donald Trump, suggesting that Trump couldn’t handle tough questions.
Wednesday at the White House briefing press secretary Josh Ea rnest used the tragic live broadcasted murders of 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker and cameraman 27 year-old Adam Ward by a disgruntled former news reporter identified as Vester Lee Flanigan to
The New York Times reports that Obama is making personal phone calls to congressional Democrats between games of golf and time with family. A White House official indicated that Obama is urging Democrats to publicly support the deal.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest took the heat for President Barack Obama remarks yesterday declaring that Iranian hardliners chanting “death to America” are “making common cause” with Republicans. Co-host Mika Brzezinski said, “Some say the
The Iranian regime has filed a complaint with the International Atomic Energy Agency, alleging that the United States has already broken the nuclear deal.
CNN’s “The Lead” host Jake Tapper told White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest “somebody at the White House should maybe watch the videos” during an interview on Planned Parenthood on Monday. Tapper asked Earnest if he was contending that nothing
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted to not seeing the Planned Parenthood videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, but maintained the videos were released “not because of news value, but because of shock value” on Monday’s broadcast
MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, along with Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin, argued that President Obama will support Joe Biden over Hillary Clinton if he runs for president, and that the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s email
Friday on MSNBC’s “Now w/Alex Wagner,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama won’t be watching the Republican presidential debate next Thursday on on Fox News Channel. Earnest said, “I think the president will certainly follow the news
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest cited a New York Times editorial to defend his characterization of the video investigation of Planned Parenthood as “fraudulent.”
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stated that he was “merely repeating” Planned Parenthood’s statements in his defense of the organization and was basing his conclusion that the videos of the organization released by the Center for American Progress were
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest parroted the talking points issued by Planned Parenthood this morning, dismissing the explosive investigative videos as the result of “extremists on the right.”
Thursday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest responded to Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) saying the Iran nuclear deal makes President Barack Obama “the world’s leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism.” “Cruz’s outrageous claim
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest accused Republicans of trying to “play some politics with some selectively edited videos” in their push to defund Planned Parenthood at Thursday’s White House Press Briefing. Earnest was asked if the president would veto
White House press secretary Josh Earnest took a swipe at a rally held by Concerned Women for America on Thursday in Lafayette Park, according to a press release from the organization.
Thursday at the White House Press Briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest smirked as he called Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) protest against the Iran nuclear deal today a “pro-war rally.” Earnest said, “I was aware that Senator Cruz was planning to
An explosion on Turkey’s border with Syria, allegedly executed by ISIS, killed at least 31 people on Monday. “We are concerned that the number of death will increase. The perpetrators will soon be found and put on trial,” Turkey’s interior minister said in a statement.
In the weeks before the Iran deal, a bipartisan group of policy experts–including several former Obama administration officials–issued an open letter stating that the negotiations “may fall short of meeting the administration’s own standard of a “good” agreement.” They laid out five criteria for a deal to meet, and White House spokesman Josh Earnest promised the deal would meet them. After the deal was done, the White House issued talking points along those lines, which Democrats are citing widely. Unfortunately, these talking points are false.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters he had not seen the Planned Parenthood video and didn’t have “intimate knowledge” of the organizations’ practices during Friday’s press briefing. Earnest, in response to a question about the Planned Parenthood video, said,
Friday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest said if the United States Congress successfully kills the Iranian nuclear deal, it would be “devastating to our standing in the world.” Earnest said, “The fact is, if the
Late last month, several Middle East policy experts–including prominent former Obama administration officials–warned that negotiations with Iran were heading in the wrong direction. “The agreement will not prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapons capability,” they said, and warned that the terms would “fall short of meeting the administration’s own standard of a ‘good’ agreement.” They suggested that any Iran deal would have to cover five crucial elements–each of which, they suggested, were lacking in the emerging terms of the agreement.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that while Russia’s actions have become “somewhat more concerning” since 2012, Joint Chiefs Chairman nominee Gen. Joseph Dunford was giving “his own view” when he called Russia “the greatest threat to our national
“I don’t have any reason to contradict what Secretary Clinton has said,” Earnest replied, before relying on his usual set of talking points on the e-mail controversy. Earnest called Clinton’s request to the State Department to make the emails she turned over to the agency public an “extraordinary step” in transparency.
President Obama joked that he loves press conferences and wishes he could talk to the press “every day” during a press conference on Tuesday. Obama remarked, “I love press conferences. It’s my press team that’s always holding me back. I want
Press Secretary Josh Earnest also insisted that Obama didn’t walk into the interview intending to use the word, but that it was part of the honest conversation on multiple issues.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that he hadn’t seen the part of Pope Francis I’s encyclical that strongly condemns abortion during Monday’s press briefing. Earnest, when asked about the parts of the encyclical where the pope argues that
Monday at the White House press briefing when asked about President Barack Obama using the “N-word ” on a podcast, press secretary Josh Earnest said the president did not regret it. Earnest was asked, “I wonder if his use of
