josh earnest - Page 6

Earnest Punts Clinton Foundation Questions to Hillary’s Team

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest punted questions about a New York Times story regarding the Clintons’ involvement with Russian state-owned energy agency Rosatom’s takeover of Uranium One during Thursday’s White House Press Briefing. Earnest was asked by ABC’s Chief White House

Screenshot

WH Repeatedly Dodges on Hillary’s ‘Stalled Out’ Remarks

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest repeatedly dodged questions about whether he agreed with Hillary Clinton’s assessment that the economy has “stalled out” on Tuesday. At first, Earnest said that he didn’t see “the entirety” of Hillary’s remarks, but “there

Screenshot

WH Accuses Israel of Not Reading Iran Deal Before Commenting

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest appeared to accuse Israeli officials of not reading the Iran deal before criticizing it on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room.” After hearing a statement from a senior Israeli official that was critical of

Screenshot

WH: No ‘Definitive’ Deadline For Iran Talks

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that he did not want to set a “definitive” ending date for talks with Iran and that the White House is unlikely to “arbitrarily end the talks that are productive,” while maintaining the

Screenshot

Obama Administration Officially on Every Side of Every Middle East Conflict

On Wednesday, the government of Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, which has now collapsed into civil war. Egypt is set to join in the Saudi effort even as Saudi Arabia establishes a no-fly zone. Meanwhile, rebels claimed that Yemen’s president, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, fled Aden in advance of their consolidation of power on the ground. And Iran, which has fomented the chaos in Yemen, has warned Saudi Arabia that it had taken a “dangerous step.”

AP Photo

Eric Holder Says He’s ’Feeling Love’ From Republicans

Eric Holder jokes that Senate Republicans seem to want him to stay on as attorney general. “Given the Senate’s scheduling and delays in scheduling Loretta Lynch’s nomination for a vote, it’s almost as if the Republicans in Congress have discovered a new fondness for me,” he tells a progressive group.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

Earnest: Obama E-mailed Hillary’s Private E-mail

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that President Obama did e-mail Hillary Clinton at her private e-mail address during Monday’s press briefing. Earnest clarified the president’s remarks over the weekend that he heard about the scandal involving Hillary Clinton’s e-mails

Screenshot

White House: Ask Hillary About Private Email Accounts

The check’s in the email. The White House tells reporters that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the State Department “complied with the guidelines” of the Federal Records Act by submitting thousands of emails back to the State Department after she left office.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions about the upcoming budget propo