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Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel taped a special segment alone onstage before the Jimmy Kimmel Live! audience was seated. In it, he struggled to address yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas which took the lives of 19 children and 2 adults. “Here we are again – on another day of mourning in this country,” Kimmel, whose…

Jen Psaki will join MSNBC this fall, as the network made the official announcement of her plans following her tenure as White House press secretary. Psaki will appear across all the network’s programs, and also will have a role on NBC and during MSNBC’s primetime election coverage during the midterms and the 2024…

A man bites dog moment happened on Friday in the White House, as the lion laid down with the lamb, at least for a photo. Outgoing White House press secretary Jen Psaki posed with Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy on her last day of work, as the two frequent combatants let bygones be bygones. "End of an era…

Jen Psaki held her 224th and final briefing as White House press secretary on Friday and fought back tears as she thanked President Joe Biden, members of the administration and the press staff. Karine Jean-Pierre, who has served as principal deputy press secretary, will succeed Psaki, who has been in the role for the…

One of the hallmarks of Biden Administration press conferences has been the ongoing repartee between Fox News White House Correspondent/gadfly Peter Doocy and press secretary Jen Psaki. Doocy’s carefully-crafted questions often take surprising turns and seek to frame events in a politically-disadvantageous way for…

Karine Jean-Pierre, a former political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, will step to the podium as White House Press Secretary when Jen Psaki exits next week. She had been the principal deputy press secretary and deputy assistant to President Joe Biden. "Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity…

Just a few days after James Corden’s upcoming departure from CBS’ The Late Late Show was exclusively revealed by Deadline, the late night host took his talents to the executive mansion in a video skit shown at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner tonight. In the skit, Corden goes to the White House in search of a…

UPDATE, 12:22 PM PT: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced questions of how she could continue in her role while also negotiating with a media outlet. At the Friday press briefing, CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe and NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked her about reports that she will soon depart to take a role at MSNBC. “How…

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that she has tested positive for Covid. Jean-Pierre had been traveling with President Joe Biden on his trip to Europe, and she said that after her return, a PCR test on Sunday afternoon came back positive. “I last saw the President during a socially…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that she tested positive for Covid on Tuesday and no longer will travel with President Joe Biden on his trip to Europe. In a statement, Psaki said that she had two “socially distanced meetings” with Biden on Monday, but “the President is not considered a close contact as…

"I suggested it as a joke, and then it actually happened," deadpanned Kate McKinnon as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tonight. And yes, Saturday Night Live decided to literally rip tonight's White House-set cold open from the headlines Taking viewers behind closed Oval Office doors via the actual Ukraine war…

Symone Sanders, the former chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, will debut on MSNBC’s weekend lineup on May 7. Her show, Symone, will air at 4 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sunday, and will stream on Mondays and Tuesdays on MSNBC’s “hub” on Peacock. Catherine Snyder will serve as executive producer of the…