Tag: press

Reporter gets stumped when White House press sec. Psaki turns his hack question back on him

May 15, 2021
The reporter began by asking about the release of the 2020 Human Rights Report and Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying that human rights around the world should always be a No. 1 priority, and aren’t mutually exclusive from the rights that people have to practice their religions. “Why should the faith community not see that as

Africa: House Democrats Press Biden for TIPS Patent Waiver to Boost Covid Vaccine Production

May 4, 2021
A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Biden calling for a waiver to allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world, to manufacture their own doses of the COVID-19 vaccines that have been created by pharmaceuticals companies funded by U.S. taxpayers. The letter was

Kayleigh McEnany Heckles the Press. Is That All?

August 2, 2020
WASHINGTON — For the first half of his term, President Trump treated the White House press briefing as must-see television. From his small dining room off the Oval Office, he kept close watch over his first two press secretaries as they battled with journalists, defended his performance and often tried to rewrite history.Kayleigh McEnany, the