Latest Karine Jean-Pierre News

The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states

Jun. 26, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the...

Democrats wrestle with whether to attend Netanyahu's address to Congress as many plan to boycott

Jun. 23, 2024 09:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago, calling it a slap in the face to then-President Barack Obama as he negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran. With Netanyahu...

Seeing is believing? Not necessarily when it comes to video clips of Biden and Trump

Jun. 21, 2024 17:37 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden’s simple act of sitting down while commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, gained more attention than the ceremony itself in some circles as social media users shared a shortened version of the clip to falsely claim he was reaching...

The White House isn't ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction

Jun. 12, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House is not ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the president's son who was convicted on three federal gun crimes and is set to be sentenced by a judge in the coming months. “As we all know, the sentencing hasn't even been...

President offers love and pride for his son's addiction recovery after Hunter Biden's guilty verdict

Jun. 11, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter Biden stood trial on felony gun charges to avoid any appearance of meddling but his quick statement reacting to the jury’s guilty verdict Tuesday spoke to where his heart has been all along. ...

The Latest: White House cancels scheduled press briefing after Hunter Biden conviction

Jun. 11, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial (all times local): After Hunter Biden's guilty verdict was announced, the White House canceled press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s scheduled briefing and announced that President Joe Biden would spend...

Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive

Jun. 04, 2024 11:14 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening...

Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump

May. 22, 2024 18:12 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following the presumptive presidential nominee's takeover of the national party...

Protesters throng streets of Georgia's capital after parliament passes so-called 'Russian law'

May. 14, 2024 22:31 PM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s...

Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor's hearing is canceled

May. 08, 2024 21:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday just as city officials were set to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to account for their handling of the 2-week-old...