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UPDATED, with additional comment: Jason Sudeikis and the cast of the Apple+ series Ted Lasso appeared at the top of the White House briefing on Monday, telling reporters that he wanted to promote the message of mental well being. “The big theme of the show is to check in with your neighbor, your…

Donald Trump on Tuesday gave himself credit for the recent record stock market high of 30,000. It turns out that may not be accurate. But Trump did garner another more ignominious distinction that very same day. Click on the video above for more.

At his latest coronavirus press briefing, Donald Trump insisted that he had a “very good relationship” with Dr. Anthony Fauci, even though the president retweeted harsh criticism of the infectious diseases expert. But Trump also lamented that Fauci was getting a higher approval rating while he was not. Fauci has “got…

A member of the White House press corps who attended briefings this week has tested positive for the coronavirus. Jon Karl, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said in a note to members that the reporter was asymptomatic and wore a mask during the briefing and while in the White House complex. He…

President Donald Trump made a last-minute appearance before the press in the Rose Garden to tout the latest unemployment figures, but viewers saw a difference from previous events: Reporters were placed closer together. CNN’s Jim Acosta noted that chairs for the press originally were distanced apart as they have been…

After Donald Trump characterized houses of worship as “essential services” and called upon governors to open them “right now,” Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany faced questions from reporters about what the president’s authority was to force state officials to do so. But she also drew pushback when she claimed that…

President Donald Trump had a lengthy Q&A with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, but he was irritated by one journalist, CBS News’ Paula Reid, for her query or the way it was asked. Reid asked: “Mr. President, why haven’t you announced a plan to get 36 million unemployed Americans back to work? You are…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was grilled Friday about a lingering question of its coronavirus response: Why didn’t it refill the national stockpile of medical supplies in the three years since President Donald Trump has been in office? After McEnany repeated Trump’s frequent claim — that his…

White House Press Secretary Kaleigh McEnany said that she “naively” believed some of CNN’s headlines in 2015 when she called out Donald Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants as “racist.” In a press briefing on Friday, PBS Newshour’s Yamiche Alcindor asked McEnany about her prior disparaging remarks about Trump…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday did something her predecessor never did: She held an official press briefing. “I will never lie to you. You have my word on this,” she said in response to a question from Associated Press correspondent Jill Colvin. She also told reporters that they do plan to…

At one moment in President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing on Monday, he was asked about reports that some states saw a spike in poison control calls after Trump suggested last week that perhaps human ingestion of disinfectants would be a way of combating the coronavirus. “I can’t imagine why,” Trump said, as he…

UPDATED with latest: After scheduling, then canceling, a coronavirus press briefing for Monday evening, the White House says the session is back on again. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that President Donald Trump will appear at the Rose Garden press conference, where there will be “additional…