White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the White House was “not in a position to enforce” Hillary Clinton’s disclosure agreement, and referred questions on that matter to the State Department during Wednesday’s White House Press Briefing. Earnest was
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is defending President Obama’s use of the word “thugs” and “criminals” to describe looters in Baltimore.
The White House reacted to criticism from former President George W. Bush regarding President Obama’s policies on fighting terror by suggesting that Bush was responsible for the rise of Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest signals that the federal government – and the Justice Department – will not take a central role in the chaos following the riots in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray in local police custody.
Friday at the White House press briefing, White House press secretary Josh Earnest was asked by ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl about Hillary Clinton’s failure to live up to the Obama’s administration’s disclosure rules she agreed to.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest continued to dodge questions today about the bombshell Clinton Cash book and even attacked the credibility of the author of the book, Peter Schweizer.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest punted questions about a New York Times story regarding the Clintons’ involvement with Russian state-owned energy agency Rosatom’s takeover of Uranium One during Thursday’s White House Press Briefing. Earnest was asked by ABC’s Chief White House
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest repeatedly dodged questions about whether he agreed with Hillary Clinton’s assessment that the economy has “stalled out” on Tuesday. At first, Earnest said that he didn’t see “the entirety” of Hillary’s remarks, but “there
Thursday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest called the words of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) “duplicitous” when he was speaking about the delay on confirming Loretta Lynch as Eric Holder’s replacement for attorney general. Earnest was referring to
During her time as his Secretary of State, President Obama built a “strong personal relationship” with Hillary Clinton and “the two of them have become friends,” the White House says. But Obama’s not ready to endorse, yet.
Monday at the White House Press briefing, CNN’s Jim Acosta grilled press secretary Josh Earnest over his admission that the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is claiming all sanctions will be lifted once a deal is in place in June, while
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest appeared to accuse Israeli officials of not reading the Iran deal before criticizing it on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room.” After hearing a statement from a senior Israeli official that was critical of
The Iranian nuclear talks have now continued well past the March 31 deadline, with President Obama instructing Secretary of State John Kerry to remain in Switzerland today with the Iranians to continue looking for a deal.
A well-known Nevada reporter revealed Wednesday that back in 2012, he wrote a column criticizing Senator Harry Reid for his irresponsible claims about Mitt Romney’s tax returns. However, the column was spiked by the editor of the newspaper at the time because the editor was a friend of Senator Reid.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that he did not want to set a “definitive” ending date for talks with Iran and that the White House is unlikely to “arbitrarily end the talks that are productive,” while maintaining the
The White House doesn’t intend to comment on Sen. Harry Reid’s baseless accusations, made during 2012, that suggested Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes.
With one deadline missed, no new one has been set, and no new details have emerged from nuclear talks with Iran, according to the White House.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the March 31 deadline for the nuclear talks with Iran could extend into April.
“Ultimately if the committee makes a request and Secretary Clinton in her capacity as a private citizen decides that she wants to once again go above and beyond in terms of trying to provide them with information and access then that would be a decision for her to make,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest says.
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Shepard Smith Reporting,” Smith said, “Somebody is a Baghdad Bob” in discussing the contradictory statements from White House press secretary Josh Earnest that the United States told Iran to pull out of Iraq and an intelligence official
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Harold W. Geisel, who served as acting State Department Inspector General during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State and donated to President Obama led an “active” and “functioning” Inspector General’s office that did its
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest “us policy should not be graded against the success or the stability of the Yemeni government” on Thursday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. “The measure of the US policy should not be graded against the
On Wednesday, the government of Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, which has now collapsed into civil war. Egypt is set to join in the Saudi effort even as Saudi Arabia establishes a no-fly zone. Meanwhile, rebels claimed that Yemen’s president, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, fled Aden in advance of their consolidation of power on the ground. And Iran, which has fomented the chaos in Yemen, has warned Saudi Arabia that it had taken a “dangerous step.”
The Obama administration, ever eager to inject race into a debate in order to call conservatives racists, is coyly denying charges that the GOP-controlled Senate is holding up Loretta Lynch’s nomination for the post of attorney general because she is black.
The White House today explained that Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s meeting with President Obama earlier this week was “private” and that it would be “protective” of his right to do so.
