Tag: Josh Earnest

"There was certainly a discussion about how the very early effects of climate change are putting some communities across the country at even greater risk from a hurricane," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday during his daily briefing. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Energy and Environment

WH: Climate change will make hurricane season worse

Susan Crabtree · May 31, 2016 8:44 pm

White House spokesman Josh Earnest was unequivocal in his response to a question on whether President Obama agreed with Eric Holder's perception that Edward Snowden's actions had some redeeming qualities for the public. (AP Photo)

Obama disagrees with Holder on Snowden

Susan Crabtree · May 31, 2016 7:50 pm

National Security

White House condemns North Korea’s failed missile launch

Susan Crabtree · May 31, 2016 6:53 pm

Earnest gave an update on Iraqi forces' success on driving Islamic State out of populated territory in Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

WH lists anti-Islamic State successes in response to Trump tweet

Susan Crabtree · May 19, 2016 6:57 pm

The White House took issue with some provisions, including one that would allow companies to pay less than the federal minimum wage. (Erika P. Rodriguez/Bloomberg, File)

White House grudgingly accepts Puerto Rico compromise

Nicole Duran · May 19, 2016 5:39 pm

Earnest criticized GOP for making Koskinen's already difficult job even harder with "false accusations." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House: GOP complaints against IRS ‘not on the level’

Susan Crabtree · May 18, 2016 6:13 pm

Earnest also stressed that the climate accord is benefiting the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

White House dimisses Trump’s pledge to tear up climate deal

Susan Crabtree · May 18, 2016 5:59 pm

Earnest charged the bill could give other countries an excuse to subject the U.S. to "kangaroo courts." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House: Suing Saudis means legal trouble for U.S.

Nicole Duran · May 17, 2016 6:57 pm

Cotton rips White House ‘failed novelists,’ ‘van drivers’

Cotton rips White House ‘failed novelists,’ ‘van drivers’

Al Weaver · May 17, 2016 5:19 pm

White House spokesman Josh Earnest also said he is not privy to top-secret documents about UFO searchers' and conspiracy theorists' effort to figure out really happened in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. Some believe a spaceship landed in Roswell nearly 70 years ago. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)

White House spokesman deflects on aliens, spaceships

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 9:50 pm

"I'll let the individual presidential candidates express their own views on what they hope to do to strengthen our alliances around the world," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

White House sidesteps Trump-Cameron spat

Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2016 6:49 pm

He then ticked off a litany of top White House priorities Republicans have failed to act on. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: GOP more focused on Trump than governing

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2016 8:55 pm