President Joe Biden and members of his administration have spent much of their first 100 days struggling to put forward a clear message on everything from COVID-19 to immigration.

Composed of seasoned Obama administration and Democratic campaign veterans, the Biden White House’s communications shop was heralded as a welcome departure from the Trump administration’s often scattershot operation. But the Biden White House has at times failed to clarify things that the president has said or has contributed to the confusion surrounding some of its policy rollouts.