Sentences with phrase «white house press»

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, in response to Comey's testimony, maintained there's «no evidence» of collusion with Russia — and said Trump is not withdrawing his allegation against Obama, either.

Trump reportedly made «a rare admission» of regret to aides after sending then - White House press secretary Sean Spicer to fight with the press over reports detailing the crowd size as his Inauguration Day ceremony.

Dippin» Dots offered an online olive branch to one of its most public detractors, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump «doesn't really think» Obama «tapped his phone personally,» seeming to walk back the president's explosive and unsubstantiated claim.

Days after Trump declared war on the press, calling the media «the enemy of the people» and canceling his appearance at the upcoming White House Correspondents» Dinner, the White House press corps got a shot of support from one of America's most beloved actors: Tom Hanks.

Outgoing White House press secretary Josh Earnest's final briefing for reporters was two hours long, and featured a surprise appearance by President Obama.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was merely making a «rhetorical response to a criticism» by LaVar Ball when he tweeted of Ball's son LiAngelo and two UCLA teammates that he «should have left them in jail» in China.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested there was some sort of deeper meaning to the president tweeting «covfefe» and that it wasn't just a, you know, typo.

The former press secretary for Clinton's presidential campaign, Brian Fallon, says White House press secretary Sean Spicer should have resigned rather than claim that Trump drew a bigger inauguration crowd than former President Barack Obama.

No details about the duo's trip were included in the White House press office's advisory, other than the following:

First Lady Melania Trump is reportedly unhappy with the job performance of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, saying he has not been pro-active enough in defending her husband.

Josh Earnest has been the administration's top spokesman since only mid-2014, but has been in the White House press office since Obama took office in 2009.

The hardworking current White House press secretary, Huckabee Sanders, is expected to take a night off to be there.

A series of exaggerated claims were advanced by then White House press secretary Sean Spicer as the new administration showed exactly how it intended to conduct political debate.

«The President is happy that cooler heads, at least, seem to be prevailing in the House,» said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest responded to this during an official White House press briefing:

White House spokesman Jay Carney gave his final briefing to reporters as the presidential press secretary on Wednesday, concluding a 3 1/2 - year run sparring with a White House press corps to which he once belonged.

Lamont's version tweaks a Democratic National Committee ad that strings together Bush, Cheney, and White House press secretary Tony Snow repeating the phrase in dead - eyed repetition with Lieberman pasted in as the Fourth Top, harmonizing on an endless version of «The Same Old Song.»

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A government official who traveled to Mexico City to support the delegation accompanying President Barack Obama later came down with flu - like symptoms, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called Tuesday's races in New Jersey and Virginia «local elections.»

(CNN)- Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was an equal opportunity critic Sunday, taking swipes at the records of Republican presidential candidates.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said this week that President Donald Trump believes he has the «power» to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed Democratic electoral defeats in New Jersey and Virginia as «two very local elections» that say nothing about President Barack Obama's standing with the American people right now.

Following up on my note Friday that NPR was actively distancing itself from the online campaign being waged by progressives to get it Helen Thomas» old front - and - center seat in the White House press room, CREDO Mobile's... Read More

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks during the daily White House press briefing on Monday.

Eric Schultz has served in the No. 2 post to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest since 2014.

As anyone who's watched [Mitt Romney], it's always a question as to where he was and where he is and where he might be on any given issue,» White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters in an off camera briefing Monday morning.

Malveaux: President Obama personally congratulated White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs after his first official press conference Thursday.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer compares as he points to a copy of the Obamacare bill (r.) and a copy of the new House Republican Healthcare bill (l.).

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has had her share of tussles with the media, and even Democratic lawmakers, during her tenure as White House press secretary.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said one's mind would have to be «in the gutter» to interpret President Donald Trump's tweet about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) Tuesday as a form of sexual innuendo.

The president is aware of a «fairly tight timeline» to nominate a candidate in time for the Senate to hold hearings and vote, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Monday.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president himself asked for the review, with Gibbs telling reporters at the White House briefing on Wednesday, «If the president didn't care, the policy would remain unchanged and unexamined.»

Despite an array of media reports expressing astonishment at how well Democrats — a minority in both House and Senate — fared in the budget agreement, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Trump got much of what he wanted, including more money for defense and homeland security.

The plan, which White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer compares with the Obamacare bill (r.) here, would cause problems for the state budget due April 1, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie pointed out.

Asked at a press conference this month whether Obama would support Rangel, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said: «I'll have to get back to you on that.»

In today's White House press briefing, The Advocate's Washington correspondent Kerry Eleveld asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the DOJ's brief.

Sanders and Scaramucci took over the White House press shop after former press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says the president was inadvertently struck by someone's elbow Friday.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders essentially drove a dagger through the other items Friday, listing only an immigration bill when asked to lay out the White House's 2018 legislative agenda.

President Barack Obama would veto an Iran sanctions bill with Democratic co-sponsors, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday.

The personal mobile phone ban will go into effect next week, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.

The AP reports that Hearst News Services has announced 89 - year - old White House press corps dean Helen Thomas will retire, «effective immediately,» in the wake of her controversial remarks on Israel at the May 27 White House Jewish Heritage Celebration.

When asked if he'd consider appearing on ABC's «Dancing With the Stars» — Scaramucci, along with former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, has been buzzed about as a possible contestant — he responded with a smile, saying, «I don't know how to dance.»

In press gaggle earlier today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Cuomo's specific plan is yet to be seen by federal officials.

Outgoing White House press secretary Sean Spicer signed a deal with Bob Barnett, a celebrity attorney who represents politicians and TV news hosts.

Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary (@pressSec).

Here's a photo, compliments of the White House press office (as you can see, the president is still on vacation in Hawaii).

Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary who resigned after the appointment of Scaramucci as communications boss, will reportedly remain as Trump's de facto communication director until the end of August.

Asked why media coverage was blocked, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama «just wanted to play.»