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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is joining the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter, adding star power to the West Wing’s foreign policy communications team.

Placeholder while article actions loadPentagon spokesman John Kirby will move to the White House in a senior communications role, according to two people familiar with the personnel move. Kirby’s move to the White House comes after Karine Jean-Pierre took over as White House press secretary from Jen Psaki, who left the administration last week. Kirby met with President Biden at the White House the day after he offered the press secretary job to Jean-Pierre. On May 16 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “representation matters” during her first, historic briefing serving in the role. (Video: The Washington Post)Kirby is expected to be heavily involved in White House communications, including working closely with the National Security Council.

The moratorium on student loan payments has offered some borrowers a rare opportunity to chip away at their debt balance. Should they keep it up?

President Joe Biden's new spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, says she hopes kids will “dream big and dream bigger” because she's now the White House press secretary.

Karine Jean-Pierre is crediting “barrier-breaking people” who came before her for making it possible for a Black, gay, immigrant woman like herself to hold one of the most high-profile jobs in American government.

Jen Psaki said goodbye to the White House Friday after taking reporter's questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days of Biden's presidency.

The nationwide shortage of baby formula is quickly becoming the GOP's latest election-year attack on President Joe Biden.

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday reaffirmed his administration's support for Jordan's long-running role as the custodian of Muslim holy sites at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following a meeting with King Abdullah II at the White House. Biden met with Jordan's Abdullah after several rounds of clashes in recent weeks at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site for Muslims. It is built on a hilltop that is also the holiest site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. “The President also recognized the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,” the White House added in statement. It was believed to be the largest Palestinian funeral in Jerusalem since Faisal Husseini, a Palestinian leader and scion of a prominent family, died in 2001.

President Joe Biden is reaffirming his administration’s support for Jordan’s long-running role as the custodian of Muslim holy sites at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

President Biden's administration announced the U.S. would commit to more than $150 million in new projects in Southeast Asia.

Queen Elizabeth II was seen smiling as she enjoyed the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The monarch is an avid horse lover and breeder.

Biden US ASEAN President Joe Biden and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrive for a group photo on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Biden knows that finding consensus with ASEAN members on the Russian invasion could prove to be difficult. Thailand joined a United Nations vote against the invasion of Ukraine but has maintained a position of neutrality in the war. The ASEAN nations whose leaders are attending are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. ASEAN has barred Myanmar — in crisis since the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021 — from sending all but nongovernmental leaders to ASEAN meetings.

The baby formula shortage gave the Fox News host a platform to show off her staggering forgetfulness.

Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.

President Joe Biden says he’s nominating one of his top national security aides to serve as his ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

President Biden and lawmakers from both parties are scrambling to address a growing lack of baby formula in many stores that has made it difficult for some parents to feed their babies.

Psaki is stepping down from her role as White House press secretary on Friday. She and Doocy often sparred in the briefing room.

President Joe Biden is stepping up his administration’s response to a nationwide baby formula shortage that has forced frenzied parents into online groups to swap and sell to each other to keep their babies fed.

The White House keeps doubling down on the false claim that there is brosd support among the GOP to raise middle-class taxes.

President Joe Biden has appealed to world leaders for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he leads the U.S. in marking the “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths in America.

Jen Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Joe Biden has been in office.

The outgoing White House press secretary has a conflict of interest, albeit a small one.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki says one of the funniest moments for her in the briefing room came courtesy of a reporter asking a macabre, canine-related question. “Someone once asked me if I would commit not to euthanize the dog — as in the president’s dog,” Psaki recently recalled to ITK, when asked to…

President Joe Biden is vowing to help American farmers try to ease a global spike in food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

As a fire at a Wisconsin anti-abortion office is investigated for arson and a debate surrounds a protest outside Justice Kavanaugh's house, some Democratic leaders are cautioning anti-abortion protestors not to lose the moral high ground by letting their demonstrations turn violent.

The average out-of-stock rate for baby formula at retailers across the country was 43% during the first week of May, according to the firm Datasembly.

Washington is seeking to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Protestors gathered outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house and Chief Justice John Roberts house over the weekend.

The White House issued a statement saying that President Biden believes in the right to protest while condemning “violence, threats or vandalism” after abortion-rights demonstrators marched outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the weekend.

President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good options to do it.

With the apparent fall of Roe v. Wade ahead, Republicans have claimed that members of the other party oppose any limits on abortion. The reality is less explicit — in ways that may be uncomfortable for Democrats.

Incoming White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will take over daily White House press briefings after Jen Psaki departs on May 13.

The Biden administration sought Friday to downplay the role of American intelligence in the high-profile sinking of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, distancing itself from any direct role in one of the greatest embarrassments for Russia since it attacked Ukraine.

"Are you?" the White House press secretary quipped to the often-combative Fox News reporter.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met with union organizers at the White House on Thursday as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns. Biden thanked them for bolstering organizing momentum that is growing nationally. Among the guests were Chris Smalls, who heads the Amazon Labor Union that won a vote last month to unionize warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York. Addressing a union conference in Washington last month, Biden quipped, "By the way, Amazon here we come," drawing loud cheers, though he didn't elaborate. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said after the meeting that Biden's participation was about promoting labor organizing across the country, not at Amazon specifically.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Thursday with union organizers at the White House as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns.

Biden Press Secretary FILE - White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes a question from a reporter during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, July 30, 2021. President Joe Biden on Thursday, May 5, 2022, named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week. She had served in the Biden White House last year for several months after Biden was sworn into office. She also worked in political affairs in the Obama White House and on his reelection campaign. The White House said she is returning to “assist in advancing the President’s policy and communications objectives.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Jean-Pierre will also be the first openly gay person to have the most visible post at the White House aside from the president.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is leaving the White House Wednesday.

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary.

Biden Press Secretary FILE - White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes a question from a reporter during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, July 30, 2021. President Joe Biden on Thursday, May 5, 2022, named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week. She had served in the Biden White House last year for several months after Biden was sworn into office. “She will be the first black woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as the White House Press Secretary,” Psaki said.

President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary.

Jean-Pierre will be the first black woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as the White House Press Secretary.

Jean-Pierre will be the first black woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as the White House Press Secretary.

Placeholder while article actions loadKarine Jean-Pierre will take over as President Biden’s next White House press secretary within weeks, replacing Jen Psaki who is set to leave the administration, the White House announced Thursday. As press secretary, Jean-Pierre will be responsible for holding the daily press briefing at the White House and helping advise Biden and the broader administration on communication and messaging efforts. She becomes the first Black and openly gay woman to serve as the White House press secretary. AdvertisementUnder former president Donald Trump, White House press secretaries often attacked the reporters they were addressing and challenged their motives, and for long stretches the White House suspended the daily press briefing altogether. Jeff Zients, the coronavirus coordinator; Cedric L. Richmond, director of the White House office of pubic engagement; Gina McCarthy, the national climate adviser; and Pili Tobar, the White House deputy communications director, have all left or plan to leave in the coming weeks.

The secretary of state tested positive Wednesday afternoon and “is experiencing only mild symptoms,” the State Department said.

A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board remains shrouded in secrecy a week after the Biden administration’s announcement of the new effort was met with widespread criticism.

The president continues to push for accommodating individual preferences rather than promoting collective solutions to the coronavirus.

President Biden met with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria nearly 10 years ago. He has not been heard from since. Syria has never acknowledged holding him.

President Joe Biden has met with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria 10 years ago.

Questions about whether a new Department of Homeland Security panel to combat disinformation will curb Americans’ free speech, and whether the woman named to run the board is too partisan, have emerged as the latest headache for the Biden administration.

President Joe Biden has saluted his “friend of five decades” Walter Mondale, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party elder whose memorial service was delayed for a year due to the pandemic.

President Joe Biden needs to make a decision about cancelling student debt.

President Joe Biden took the White House press corps' annual gala as an opportunity to make light of the criticism he has faced in his 15 months in office.

The immediate focus will be on misinformation from human smugglers, who spread falsehoods about border policy to migrants to help drum up business.

Relatives say a 22-year-old former U.S. Marine has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, in the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden will travel next month to South Korea and Japan to consult with allies on growing threats from China and North Korea.

President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments.

With the White House asking Congress to pass additional COVID relief funding, Republicans question how the previous $1.9 trillion package was spent.

Over the last week, the Biden administration has dropped more hints that its decision on debt forgiveness could come before the midterms.

After two years at the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the U.S. could soon have to begin taking a number.

Richmond is one of President Biden's closest allies and was a co-chair of his presidential campaign.

Jacqui Heinrich, the White House Correspondent of Fox News, asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki about Governor Greg Abbott’s (R-TX) border complaints and the request to send more help. Psaki went on to explain that before President Biden resumed office, the former president invested millions of dollars to build a border wall that “was never going to work or be effective instead of working toward comprehensive immigration reform.”

President Joe Biden has an election year message for frustrated voters: At least he’s trying.

President Joe Biden plans to mark Earth Day in Seattle on Friday, but he's struggled to make progress on a sweeping environmental agenda.

Biden chooses Gary Restaino to lead the ATF as he awaits Senate confirmation of his nominee.

President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion.

President Joe Biden’s administration has been working for months to prepare people to rethink their personal risk calculations as the nation gets used to the idea of living with an endemic COVID-19.

Somebody get that Fox News reporter some first aid.

The eldest Trump son tried to spread Easter cheer with an Instagram picture of Easter bunnies holding automatic rifles & wearing camo but it faced immediate backlash.

The White House says President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit.

The White House extended the federal student loan payment pause through August 31, but has not announced a decision about wiping out debt.

After referring to an epithet used by President Biden in describing Peter Doocy a few months ago, Psaki, who is expected to take a new on-air position at MSNBC in the coming weeks, also commended the Fox reporter for showing "a moment of grace."

President Joe Biden's sweeping domestic agenda is on hold and images of horror in Ukraine dominate the headlines.

In calling Russia's actions a genocide, President Biden said what many Americans believe. But as president, such comments have consequences.

There’s no such thing as a purely personal opinion from the Oval Office on major matters of policy.

Jen Psaki on Wednesday said it is “nice” of the state of Texas to bus illegal immigrants from the border to Washington, D.C., hours after the first bus out of Texas arrived.

Media-White House Hires White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on March 9, 2022, left, and then White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney addresses the media at the White House on Oct. 17, 2019. Far less common is seeing pushback from the journalists working there, as has happened recently at CBS and NBC News. CBS is hiring Mulvaney, a former Trump administration official and MSNBC is in discussions to hire Psaki when her time in the Biden administration is through. Far less common is seeing pushback to such decisions from journalists working there, as has happened recently at CBS and NBC News. “I read the CBS staff reaction as trying to hold onto that principle, to continue to uphold the network's honor,” she said.

CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney and MSNBC's discussions about bringing on White House press secretary Jen Psaki after she's left the Biden administration have troubled some journalists at the networks.

Far less common is seeing pushback to such decisions from journalists working there, as has happened recently at CBS and NBC News. Discontent emerged over CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a commentator and discussions about current White House press secretary Jen Psaki working at MSNBC when her time in the Biden administration is through. In both cases, journalists have been quiet publicly about their concerns over the decisions.

President Joe Biden has journeyed to corn-rich Iowa to announce he's suspending federal rules that restrict ethanol in gasoline, aiming to strike at least a small blow against surging inflation.

The Biden administration is bracing for the Labor Department's consumer price index report to show that inflation is "extraordinarily elevated."

President Joe Biden has asked India’s Narendra Modi not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the U.S. and other nations try to cut off Moscow’s energy income following the invasion of Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to speak virtually on Monday.

Dozens of protesters have gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Chile’s capital of Santiago to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

The Biden administration has newly targeted Vladimir Putin’s adult daughters in the sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate.

The United States has announced new sanctions targeting Russia in retaliation for “war crimes” in Ukraine.

The U.S. and its European allies will impose stiff new sanctions Wednesday, including a ban on new investments in Russia, in retaliation for Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine, according to the White House.

In the final days of his presidency, Barack Obama surprised then-Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and moved his No. 2 to tears by evoking the poetry of W.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the White House — for a few hours, to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his signature health care law.

GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire said Donald Trump is “crazy” and joked that if the former Republican president was admitted to a mental hospital, he’s not getting out.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki isn't confirming reports that she'll soon take a TV job at MSNBC.

CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19.

President Joe Biden says he's not yet convinced that Russia’s announcement that it will scale back military operations near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv will lead to a fundamental shift in the war.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says she has tested positive for COVID-19 after having returned from Europe with President Joe Biden.

As Russia escalates its war in Ukraine and stories of civilian casualties and destruction in cities reach the United States, support has risen for a major American role.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she has tested positive again for COVID-19 and will not accompany President Joe Biden to Europe for urgent meetings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.