Tag: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Here is one person's wishlist for the national media, including but not limited to, normal non-hysterical news coverage of the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

3 Christmas wishes for the news media

Eddie Scarry · December 23, 2017 5:01 am

First Lt. Victor Prato from the 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion (pictured left) received the Purple Heart during President Trump's visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Thursday. (Dan Scavino / Twitter via Screenshot)

Trump awards wounded soldier Purple Heart during visit to Walter Reed

Diana Stancy Correll · December 22, 2017 12:13 am

Last week, reports indicated that House Speaker Paul Ryan was telling people close to him that he would depart Congress next year after the tax reform fight and with the 2018 midterms looming. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Pence: Republicans are ‘just getting started’ with Paul Ryan as speaker

Daniel Chaitin · December 21, 2017 1:13 am

White House Watch: House to Hold One Last Vote on Tax Reform

Michael Warren · December 20, 2017 10:05 am

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., engaged in a fiery back-and-forth on Twitter Tuesday over the Republican tax bill. (AP Images)

Sarah Sanders to Dem Rep. Ted Lieu: ‘Spend less time tweeting, more time doing your job’

Melissa Quinn · December 19, 2017 9:45 pm

"I already want to pass on this question given you've got aliens sitting among you," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said after being asked about discontinued federal research into UFOs. After the New York Times reported that Congress secretly appropriated nearly $22 million in funding for UFO research from 2008 to 2011, Sanders said she was unaware of whether President Trump believes in UFOs or if he wants to restore funding for research. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sarah Sanders jokes that reporters have ‘aliens sitting among you’

Steven Nelson · December 19, 2017 8:46 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House: Withdrawn Trump judicial nominee wasn’t ‘the right person for that position’

Melissa Quinn · December 19, 2017 8:08 pm

"Unfortunately, the way the bill has been characterized, in many cases, has been misleading," a senior administration official told reporters. "The basic concern among Americans is that they don't think they're going to get a tax cut and the reality is that they're going to get a tax cut," the official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House blames media coverage for low approval ratings

Sarah Bedford · December 19, 2017 7:52 pm

Responding on Twitter to a report that said Putin called Trump "to thank him for a CIA tip that thwarted bombings," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the report and said the White House would follow up with more information. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Vladimir Putin calls Trump to thank him for CIA tip that thwarted bombings in Russia

Eddie Scarry · December 17, 2017 5:16 pm

"This resolution will help us hit control-alt-delete on the FCC's decision," Schumer said Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chuck Schumer pledges to force vote on resolution to reverse FCC’s net neutrality repeal

Melissa Quinn · December 15, 2017 11:16 pm

"The amount of money that it will take to combat this crisis is huge," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said during the daily media briefing. "We are going to continue to look at the best ways to do that. We are working an inter-agency process to see what that the number looks like. That hasn't been finalized. But we are going to continue looking at every way possible." (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

White House will publish funding proposal on opioid crisis

Kimberly Leonard · December 14, 2017 8:34 pm

"April, I am looking forward to having some pie with you here momentarily," Sanders told the American Urban Radio Network reporter as she departed the White House press briefing. (AP photos)

‘Piegate’ resolved when Sarah Sanders invites April Ryan for some chocolate pecan pie at press potluck

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2017 7:56 pm