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President Joe Biden announced a series of new executive action to place restrictions on “ghost guns” and another to address stabilizing devices that make pistols act as rifles. “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it’s an international embarrassment,” Biden said at a Rose Garden event, while noting a…

Joe Biden is facing the media in his first press conference as President of the United States on Thursday, with the remarks set to begin at 1:15 p.m. ET/10:15 a.m. PT — meaning the broadcast networks will be breaking in to their regularly scheduled lineups to cover it. Below is a guide on how to watch the…

CBS News on Friday unveiled a series of changes to its lineup of assignments for correspondents in Washington, D.C. Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political…

Peter Doocy has been named White House correspondent at Fox News, joining Kristin Fisher on the beat. Fox News earlier this week announced that John Roberts would shift from the White House to a daytime co-anchor role. Doocy covered Joe Biden’s presidential campaign from the start, and became known for occasional…

UPDATE: Three White House Correspondents’ Association President Zeke Miller said that three journalists have tested positive for the coronavirus. One reporter, who was at the White House briefing on Sunday, received a preliminary positive test on Friday morning. Another who was part of the out-of-town travel pool last…

Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee are under fire for the use of another piece of music: Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The singer-songwriter’s estate and Sony/ATV Publishing say that they specifically declined the Republican National Committee’s request for the song, but it was played anyway…

As Donald Trump prepares to give a norm-shattering acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, government watchdogs claim that some of the reality TV-like moments from the Republican National Convention may have violated a key ethics law. On Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics In Wa…

Melania Trump resisted a bid by Ivanka Trump to rename the First Lady’s White House office the “First Family Office” and move into the space in the early days of the Trump administration, a new book claims. The book, Art of her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump by Mary Jordan (Simon & Schuster), was excerpted…

Donald Trump vowed to quell unrest across the country and even deploy the military on U.S. soil, in an extraordinary hour on Monday evening that started with an exertion of presidential power and ended with a photo op. “I am your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters,” Trump said in a brief…

Fox News reporter Leland Vittert, his cameraman and two security officers were harassed and struck by protesters in Lafayette Park as they covered the demonstration near the White House early on Saturday. In an interview with Deadline, Vittert described how a number of those in the crowd turned their anger on the…

In a conversation with reporters on Wednesday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway defended President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on mail-in voting. She did so by likening the task of standing in line at a cupcake shop to waiting in line to vote at the polls. “People very proudly show up and go to the polls,&#8221…

In the latest travel ban, the White House on Sunday announced that non-citizens would be barred from entering the US if they are coming from Brazil, where COVID-19 cases are exploding. The administration "has determined that the Federative Republic of Brazil is experiencing widespread, ongoing person-to-person…