Sentences with phrase «white house holds»

The White House holds that these proposals mark a «sea - change» in national education policy — «for the first time holding states and school districts accountable for progress and rewarding them for results.»

The White House holds a cozy relationship with Silicon Valley, but not Wall Street.

And Spicer clearly knows that the White House holds all the cards when it comes to the official press corps — it decides who gets accredited, where they sit, and who gets to ask questions.

FBI agents on the case expected that Petraeus would be asked to resign immediately rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence secrets to foreign intelligence agencies or criminals... [T] he FBI, Justice Department, and the White House held off on asking for Petraeus» resignation until after the election... FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.

The White House held a Friday afternoon conference call with stakeholders outlining the new plan, according to a Democratic activist who participated in the call but was not authorized to speak on the record about it.

Earlier this week, she tweeted a picture of herself in the White House holding a sign with the message «#BringBackOurGirls».

On Monday, the White House held a confab for school - choice supporters to talk about what's ahead for its federal school push.

In addition, the White House held a «Workforce Development Week» in June in which President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order that would eliminate oversight of government - subsidized apprenticeship programs.

Oneika the Traveller also touched on this subject back when the White House held a travel summit on youth travel and diversity yet only invited a very small handful of people of color.

Washington, DC - People gathered in front of the White House holding signs that urge the president to reject the keystone pipeline.

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The move came as the investor was preparing to join the White House as communications director, a position he held for only 10 days.

The White House will hold more than 100 open houses during the month of December and host more than 25,000 visitors on public tours.

Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017.

President Donald Trump and and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will hold a joint news conference at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting on trade held by U.S. President Donald Trump with governors and members of Congress at the White House on April 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Only days before his ouster, Bannon reaffirmed, in an interview with a left - leaning political journal, his long - held conviction that the U.S. is locked in an «economic war» with China, and boasted of plotting behind the scenes to take down White House rivals who lacked the courage to join his call to arms.

To do so, the party needs to pick up five seats — or four, if they can also hold on to the White House.

For all the gusto Friday at claiming Trump had been exonerated by the charges against the Russians, the White House has demonstrated little enthusiasm for holding Russia to account.

The Maryland Democrat highlighted that Flynn still held an authorized security clearance during the 18 - day period from when acting Attorney General Sally Yates informed the White House that he could possibly be blackmailed by Russia until he was fired last February, while Kushner maintains his security clearance even as he has had to amend the application form on several occassions for omitting contacts with foreign sources.

Cohn and his family members held about $ 220 million in Goldman stock, which he had to divest in order to resolve possible conflicts of interest before becoming White House economic adviser.

The Bank of Canada said in October that uncertainty about who would replace Barack Obama in the White House causing Canadian companies to hold off on new investments.

New National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 9, 2018.

The White House announced today that Aneesh Chopra, the first person to hold the post, is stepping down.

The panel will hold its first public meeting on Thursday at the Commerce Department, joined by Obama's counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the White House said in a blog post.

His record since his conviction is similarly unblemished, and he continues to be held in high regard by his colleagues and peers,» the White House said in a statement.

Shaub resigned as the director of the Office of Government Ethics in July after clashing with the White House over Trump's complicated financial holdings.

That interaction became infamous in recent weeks following reports that Comey had been uncomfortable about attending the ceremony held in the White House's Blue Room that day, as he had not wanted to appear to have too friendly a relationship with Trump, Comey's friend Benjamin Wittes told The New York Times.

Mitt Romney is considered the most likely to win the Republican presidential nomination (59 % of respondents gave him the nod) but the majority of respondents, 63 %, predict President Barack Obama will hold on to the White House.

According to an ethics disclosure made public Friday, Ivanka Trump received at least $ 12.6 million since early 2016, either directly or through her trust (which is held by relatives of her husband, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner).

Michelle Obama will be ceding the title of first lady to Melania Trump next month, but she may hold for some time the other distinction she earned during her time in the White House: America's best known advocate for healthy food.

Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, said the bill aimed to hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic and force them to help pay for the crisis, which the White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated cost more than $ 500 billion in 2015..

But she has slowly been raising her profile at the White House, including joining the president when foreign leaders and their spouses visit, co-hosting the annual Easter Egg Roll and holding some solo events.

And now that Obamacare remains the law of the land under a hostile White House and Congress, insurers may be feeling the pinch of uncertainty over what the future holds for Obamacare's marketplaces.

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 13, 2017.

During a speech in the Rose Garden, Trump announced a new White House faith office meant to «ensure that faith - based organizations have equal access to government funding and the equal right to exercise their deeply held beliefs.»

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held talks on Friday at the White House where the two leaders sought to put aside previous tensions, but divisions on trade remained.

Trump was about to hold a meeting with military leaders at the White House Monday to discuss the situation in Syria when he fielded a string of questions from reporters about the probe and attacked Mueller.

After more than a day of criticism from the students, the White House said the president would hold a «listening session» with unspecified students Wednesday and meet Thursday with state and local security officials.

The White House is holding its annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 2.

The White House announced that a «listening session» would be held with high school students and teachers Wednesday.

The White House said Pence would use his address to the Organization of American States to call on nations to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to address the country's humanitarian crisis, release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections.

In a coordinated effort, The White House published an article on Medium announcing the rules as well as holding a conference call with stakeholders on the new rules.

Trump held a meeting with a group of high - profile business leaders at the White House early Friday, including Elon Musk, Jack Welch, EY Global's Mark Weinberger and Stephen Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group.

Many of the top White House staffers first appointed in January still hold their posts, including senior advisers Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller, counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, press aides Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino, legislative affairs director Marc Short, and White House counsel Don McGahn.

White House officials reiterated on Wednesday that China must stop the «unfair» trading practices President Trump believes have disadvantaged American companies and workers, but they held out the possibility that tariffs on $ 50 billion worth of Chinese goods outlined on Tuesday might never go into effect.

After several embarrassing setbacks, Republican leaders, under pressure from the White House, spent much of last week weighing whether to hold a vote on the measure that included the new amendment, which was negotiated by New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur and North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 23, 2018.

Just this past March, the group posted its highest fundraising totals in more than a decade, and gun - rights supporters still have a hold on Congress and the White House.

My White American Father had no objections to our house hold in the way my Mother kept it.

The administration has done little to deliver on that pledge, so Muslim groups are urging American Muslims to call the White House today and hold its feet the fire.