Hours after Donald Trump endorsed the RAISE Act, a bill that would slash legal immigration in half, senior advisor Stephen Miller joined the administration’s daily press conference to defend the proposed merit-based system. Miller, apparently feeling overshadowed by recently ousted Anthony Scaramucci, decided instead…
Donald Trump held an hour-and-a-half press conference Thursday to discuss Alex Acosta, his new nominee for labor secretary, who he spent less than two minutes discussing. Here is a full transcript of his remarks.
Thursday’s press conference was intended to serve as a vehicle for Donald Trump to introduce Alexander Acosta, his pick to replace Andrew Puzder’s failed nomination. But not much was said about Acosta, a former U.S. attorney and dean at Florida International University’s School of Law (a nominee that is not without…
On Wednesday, Donald Trump, with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by his side, addressed the (in the words of one reporter present) “sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents” in the US, and discussed those in his administration who are “playing with xenophobia and maybe racist tones.”
At a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May—whose name was spelled wrong three times by the White House ahead of her sit-down meeting with Trump—our president emphasized the importance of the U.K.-U.S. relationship. “This is our first visit. So. Great honor,” he said, as he read an opening…
Midway through his discussion of America’s largely ineffective response to the Syrian crisis, President Obama found himself in the middle of another crisis—a reporter who had fallen ill, interrupting the press conference. “Can somebody help out, please?” he asked.
At a Friday press conference, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver threatened to sue the Democratic National Committee for withholding voter data from their campaign.
President Obama and French President Hollande gave a joint press conference at the White House today at noon to discuss the war against ISIS, but the real excitement began well before they arrived, when the camera made completely accidental love to CNN’s Jim Acosta for approximately 30 minutes.
