Category: Jen Psaki

Biden’s Top Science Adviser Resigns After Workplace Bullying Complaints

President Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday night after a White House investigation found that he mistreated and demeaned his colleagues, violating workplace policies. An internal investigation by the White House found Lander, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), violated its “safe and respectful workplace policy,” in…


Oregon to Scrap Indoor, School Mask Mandate by March 31, Officials Say

Oregon will scrap its mask mandate for indoor public places and schools by March 31, the Oregon Health Authority announced on Monday. Citing declining COVID-19 infections in the state, health officials said it is expected that by late March, 400 or fewer Oregonians would be hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese…


White House Pushes Back on China-Russia Joint Statement

The White House offered some pushback Friday to a joint statement issued by Beijing and Moscow. Russia’s Vladimir Putin met with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympics Friday, and the two issued a joint statement. Without naming the United States, the lengthy statement mentions a minority of actors on the international…


US Sanctions Would Include Action Against Moscow Elites If Russia Invades Ukraine: White House

The proposed U.S. response in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine includes sanctions on Russian elites and their family members, according to the White House. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday the United States is considering sanctions packages against Russian inner circle members who play a role in government decision…


White House Renews Biden Promise to Appoint Black Woman to SCOTUS Amid News of Breyer Retirement

At the White House press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Jen Psaki refused to answer speculative questions about the future of the Supreme Court but did say that President Joe Biden remains committed to his campaign promise to appoint the first ever black woman to the high court in the event of a vacancy. This…


White House Defends Biden After He Claims Midterm Elections Could ‘Easily Be Illegitimate’

The White House on Thursday defended President Joe Biden after he claimed the upcoming midterm elections “easily could be illegitimate.” “Lets be clear: POTUS was not casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2022 election. He was making the opposite point: In 2020, a record number of voters turned out in the face of a…


White House Again Defends Not Releasing Visitor Logs From Biden’s Delaware Homes Where He Spends a Quarter of His Time

White House press secretary Jen Psaki again defended the administration’s decision to not release visitor logs from President Joe Biden’s homes in Delaware. A New York Post reporter asked Psaki at a White House press briefing Tuesday if the administration would reconsider its policy to not release visitor log information from the president’s Wilmington and…


White House Defends Not Releasing Visitor Logs From Delaware, Where Biden Spends a Quarter of His Time

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has again defended the administration’s decision to not release visitor logs from President Joe Biden’s homes in Delaware. A New York Post reporter asked Psaki at a White House press briefing Tuesday if the administration would reconsider its policy to not release visitor log information from the president’s Wilmington…


Concern Over Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine Still High After Last Week’s Talks: White House

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday that the Biden administration continues to view tensions between Russia and Ukraine as “an extremely dangerous situation.” This after three rounds of high-level talks last week that included the U.S., Russia and several European countries and were meant to deescalate the situation and find a diplomatic…


Biden’s Agenda Stopped on Multiple Fronts

“There’s a lot of talk about disappointments for things we haven’t gotten done—we’re going to get a lot of that done, I might add,” said President Joe Biden Friday to start a speech on the bipartisan infrastructure bill he signed into law in November. “But this is something that we did get done.” The infrastructure…