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Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff

Feb. 08, 2024 08:11 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Annie Tomasini, a longtime aide and close adviser who runs his Oval Office, to be a deputy White House chief of staff. Tomasini has served the Democratic president as an adviser and director of Oval Office operations since he took...

White House sets new guidelines for Cabinet notifications after Austin's secret hospitalization

Jan. 26, 2024 17:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is laying out a new set of guidelines to ensure it will be informed any time a Cabinet head can't carry out their job after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization this month was kept for days from President Joe Biden and his top aides. ...

White House apologizes to former 2024 candidate Asa Hutchinson as Biden courts anti-Trump GOP

Jan. 17, 2024 19:35 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday apologized to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a Democratic National Committee statement a day earlier that mocked the end of his long-shot 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. White House chief of staff Jeff...

Slowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American voters are still hurting

Jan. 13, 2024 11:16 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he's helped fix inflation — if only he can get voters to believe him. Figures issued this past week reflected a historic level of progress on battling high prices, hinting that inflation could be near...