Tag: Josh Earnest

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

White House insists bathroom rule is just ‘advice’

Nicole Duran · May 13, 2016 6:14 pm

House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz won't take the Obama administration's "no" for an answer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Oversight chair: Is Rhodes ‘man enough’ to testify?

Anna Giaritelli · May 13, 2016 12:37 am

Such "freedom of navigation" operations are "relatively routine," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Earnest says U.S. not poking China with naval exercises

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 8:17 pm

Comey said he thinks the Ferguson Effect could be real, a position opposed by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Comey not out of step with Obama

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 7:50 pm

White House dodges on Rhodes testimony, lashes out at GOP

White House dodges on Rhodes testimony, lashes out at GOP

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 6:19 pm

The White House says Obama has sat down for more one-on-one interviews than previous presidents. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

White House insists: Obama is accessible to the press

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 7:13 pm

"We're going to continue to support and try to nurture that process to yield a piece of legislation that would address the many challenges facing Puerto Rico," Josh Earnest said. (Erika P. Rodriguez/Bloomberg)

White House: GOP stall on Puerto Rico bill makes bailout inevitable

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 6:27 pm

The car bombing in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City killed more than 80 people and injured dozens more. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

WH condemns Islamic State violence in Iraq and Syria

Susan Crabtree · May 11, 2016 6:16 pm

Merrick Garland submitted the 141-page document, and its 2,066 pages of appendices, on Tuesday. Shortly after, the full document went online. (AP Photo)

White House trying to create momentum for Garland

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 10:43 pm

"We were pleased to see the statement from Facebook making pretty clear that this is not something that they engaged in," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "Obviously you can ask them directly for a better explanation and further questions for what people may be seeing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House accepts Facebook’s denial about censoring conservatives

Susan Crabtree · May 10, 2016 6:22 pm

His May 27 visit to the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing will —œhighlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the United States,—£ Earnest said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: History will sort out if U.S. should apologize to Japan

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 5:59 pm

"Congress writes the rules and they write themselves out of being accountable," Earnest said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Watchdog group sues White House for FOIA obstruction

Rudy Takala · May 10, 2016 5:42 am