James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:56 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: All right. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top, and some charts. We love charts in here. In today’s encouraging report, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level and below 400,000 for the first time since the…
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Background Press Call on Improving Cybersecurity of U.S. Critical Infrastructure
6:02 P.M. EDT SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you. Hey, everyone. Thank you for joining us on a 6:00 p.m. on a Tuesday evening. So, you’re joined by senior administration officials today to give you an embargoed preview of a step we’re announcing tomorrow to protect the cybersecurity of our critical infrastructure. This is embargoed until 9:00…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby En Route San Francisco, CA
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route San Francisco, California 2:07 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I got a couple of things at the top before I turn it over to the Admiral. Thank you. So, this morning, President Biden shared big news in his work to tackle climate change. Over the past two and a half years, President Biden…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki Aboard Air Force One En Route Cincinnati, OH
3:40 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Welcome to our trip to Cincinnati, Ohio — also known as the birthplace of my husband. So, a special place in my heart. A couple of announcements for you at the top: Today, Treasury released new data on the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which showed that more than $1.5 billion in assistance was…
FACT SHEET: White House Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets
Following the President’s Executive Order, New Reports Outline Recommendations to Protect Consumers, Investors, Businesses, Financial Stability, National Security, and the Environment The digital assets market has grown significantly in recent years. Millions of people globally, including 16% of adult Americans, have purchased digital assets—which reached a market capitalization of $3 trillion globally last November. Digital…
FACT SHEET: Biden Administration and Private Sector Leaders Announce Ambitious Initiatives to Bolster the Nation’s Cybersecurity
Today, President Biden met with private sector and education leaders to discuss the whole-of-nation effort needed to address cybersecurity threats. Recent high-profile cybersecurity incidents demonstrate that both U.S. public and private sector entities increasingly face sophisticated malicious cyber activity. Cybersecurity threats and incidents affect businesses of all sizes, small towns and cities in every corner…
United States-Australia Joint Leaders’ StatementBuilding an Innovation Alliance
We, President Biden and Prime Minister Albanese, inaugurated a new era of U.S.-Australia strategic cooperation during the Prime Minister’s Official Visit and State Dinner in Washington, D.C., today. Our nations are inseparably linked by our common democratic values and the three pillars of our alliance: defense, economic, and climate and clean energy cooperation. As…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the G7 Summit and Economic Deliverables
12:54 P.M. BST MODERATOR: And so, again, in the interest of time, we’re going to move on to this next section. I am now going to pass it back to [senior administration official], again, joined by [senior administration official], to preview the G7 Summit, as well as the economic deliverables to come out of that. A reminder that…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Brussels, Belgium
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Brussels, Belgium 8:05 P.M. BST MS. PSAKI: Thank you for joining us on Air Force One, on our trip to Brussels. And we have joining us our National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who will give us a preview of NATO, take some questions, and I’m also happy to take some once…
Background Press Gaggle by Senior Administration Officials En Route Geneva, Switzerland
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Geneva, Switzerland 3:58 P.M. CEST SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Okay, welcome to our flight to Geneva, Switzerland, on day seven of a lovely trip. I’m going to start by just giving an overview of the logistics for tomorrow so you all have an understanding of what the day looks like. So, around 1:00 p.m.,…
