It was nearly two weeks ago that Jill and I paid our respects to Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who laid in honor in the Rotunda after losing his life protecting the Capitol from a riotous, violent mob on January 6, 2021. Today, 57 Senators – including a record 7 Republicans – voted to find…
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Donald J. Trump
The biography for President Trump and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946. His father, Fred Trump, was a highly successful real estate developer. The elder Trump was of German heritage, and his wife, Mary McLeod, of Scottish background.…
Melania Trump
First Lady of the United States Melania Trump is the wife of President Donald J. Trump. She is the second First Lady born outside of the United States, and she is the only First Lady to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. The biography for Mrs. Trump and past first families are courtesy of the White…
Remarks by President Biden on the July Jobs Report and Signing of Anti-Fraud Bills
Via Teleconference 1:14 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon. Today, we received another outstanding jobs report: 528,000 jobs were added just last month to this country’s employment. 528,000 jobs. We have now nearly doubled what we — we’re almost to 10 million jobs — almost to 10 million jobs since I took office. And that’s the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:20 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, it’s so good. Love it. I just want to say a few words about the verdict — the Brittney Griner verdict. So, today’s sentencing is a reminder of what the world already knew:…
Remarks by President Biden at Virtual Democratic National Committee Event
Via Teleconference 6:56 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. And some of you have been with me for so long, like Bill Singer and others. He’s probably wondering, “What in the hell am I still doing with Biden?” But I appreciate it a bunch. And I want to say, I — my old Scranton…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, August 2, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So as the President spoke to yesterday, the United States undercoo- — undertook a counterterrorism operation in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. At his direction, the U.S. intelligence targeted and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s leader. We…
Remarks by President Biden on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation in Afghanistan
Blue Room Balcony 7:33 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, on Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed the emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. You know, al-Zawahiri was bin Laden’s leader. He was with him all the — the whole time. He was his number-two man,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:54 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. All right. I see — oh, my goodness — some waving happening. And welcome back. I see some folks are back. All right. And Happy Monday, everyone. So, joining me today is NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby. We know…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Apologies for the delay. I so apologize for that. But thank you for all being here. We know there’s a lot of interest today on some international issues out there, so we wanted to make sure that we had someone from NSC, so I brought…
