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Jul 28 2022
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WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: ‘We’re Not Redefining Recession’
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that the White House is not redefining recession one day before it was reported that the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) shrank by 0.9 percent, the second quarter in which the GDP fell.
“Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, following a decrease of 1.6
CNSNews.com
Mar 30 2023
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White House says 'trans community' is 'under attack' after Nashville shooting
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the "trans community" in America is "under attack," just days after a transgender former student opened fire in a Nashville school and killed six people. "One of the things that we saw during the midterm elections is that people don't want their freedoms to be taken. They want us to fight for their freedoms," Jean-Pierre said to
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 29 2023
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WH correspondent Simon Ateba reacts to 'insensitive’ Biden response to Nashville shooting
As yet another tragic school shooting fills the news cycle, the immediate responses from President Biden and his spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre left White House correspondent Simon Ateba “disturbed.” “When people have died, and you have the president, the first thing you should say — you come to that mic — the first thing you should say is to acknowledge it and [offer] prayers,” Ateba told
Bizpac Review
Mar 26 2023
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American couple being held hostage in Haiti; kidnappers increase ransom demand
A Florida couple visiting Port-au-Prince, Haiti are being held at ransom after being abducted, according to family members. Jean Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, both 33-years-old, were reportedly abducted on a bus on March 18 while on a visit to see ailing relatives and attend a local festival. The U.S. citizen's abductors allegedly demanded $6,000 for the couple’s release, family
Fox News (Online News)
May 16 2022
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Karine Jean-Pierre holds first briefing as White House press secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre held her first briefing as White House press secretary on Monday after making history as the first Black and out LGBTQ person to step into one of the most visible roles in the administration.
"I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman. The first of all three of those to hold this position," Jean-Pierre told reporters on Monday.
She said, "If it were not for
CNN (Online News)
Mar 28 2023
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White House denies McCarthy budget negotiation request: 'Stop playing games'
The White House rejected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) entreaties for President Joe Biden to meet with him to discuss raising the debt ceiling before the country defaults on its loans this summer.
Members of Congress have a constitutional obligation to lift the debt limit "as they did three times in the previous administration without conditions," according to press secretary
Washington Examiner
Mar 29 2023
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White House tells GOP to 'look in the mirror' after Nashville shooting
The White House defended President Joe Biden’s claim that he has exhausted all executive options on gun control after a promise last year to “count votes” for an attempt to pass an assault-style weapons ban. Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president believes semiautomatic rifles “are weapons of war and they should not be on the streets, across the country in our communities
Washington Examiner
Mar 23 2023
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White House calls out Ron DeSantis over Don't Say Gay extension plan
The White House has condemned Ron DeSantis’ proposed extension of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis, widely expected to make a run for president in 2024, wants to widen the age range of the Florida law restricting discussion of LGBTQ+ identities in classrooms. At a briefing on Wednesday (22 March), press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the notion was “wrong”. Jean-Pierre, who is the
PinkNews
Mar 28 2023
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Fake Audrey Hale photos spread like wildfire after Nashville shooting
A number of false images purported to show Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale, including one of a protester with a threatening transgender rights placard, have been shared online in the aftermath of Monday's attack. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who police say identified as transgender, killed six people at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville,
Newsweek
Mar 27 2023
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Boy, 5, dies after being found in water on neighbor’s pool cover
ORION TOWNSHIP, MI – A 5-year-old Michigan boy was found in about a foot of water on a neighbor’s pool cover after he was reported missing over the weekend, police said. He later died. The child, who had special needs, was reported missing around 4 p.m. Saturday, March 25, from a residence on Devlon Street in Orion Township, WDIV Local 4 reports. The child was last seen around 3:30 p.m.
MLive.com