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The WH press office announced a 2-min warning for the start of the briefing at 0904. 30- ———————- S.V. D�te White House correspondent HuffPost XXX-XXX-XXXX @svdate
At 0833 the WH press office announced that the briefing will now start at 0900. 30- S.V. D�te Senior White House Correspondent HuffPost XXX-XXX-XXXX @svdate
Good morning from the White House. The president has two press appearances at the White House today: the 1100 prayer day event and his 1700 departure to Alabama and Florida. Note that he has a ceremonial swearing in for the AMB to Italy which current is closed press. These have however been opened to pool in the last. There is also a briefing set to start at 0830 with press secretary Karoline Leavitt and featuring S…
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025 THE FIRST 100 DAYS: RESTORING COMMON SENSE In-Town Pool TV Corr & Crew: NBC Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty Print: HuffPost Radio: AP Secondary TV Corr & Crew: CNBC Secondary Print: Daily Mail New Media: Just The News Out-of-Town Travel Pool TV Corr & Crew: NBC Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters Print: The Independent Radio: NPR Secondary TV Corr & Crew: Ne…
The White House called a travel/photo lid at 1920. Enjoy your evening! Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
POTUS finished speaking at 1737 and exited as musicians from the Marine Band played “God Bless America.” Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
Check against video or transcript: “Energy prices are down all over the country. Mortgage rates are actually down slightly, even though I have a guy in the Fed, not a huge fan. These are my reviews. Don't tell them I said that with the cameras rocking back there. I mean, you should reduce the energy. Should reduce interest. I think I understand interest a lot better than ever, because they've had really used interes…
A group of House members was just rapidly spirited out of the foyer as the CEO of SoftBank was speaking. Probably not coincidentally, the House is voting at the moment. Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
POTUS is speaking in the cross hall flanked by an Andruil drone model, what appears to be a model of a jet engine, and other products and models of products. He is rattling off a list of executives and their respective companies’ investments in US production, each is standing briefly to a short round of applause for each. POTUS says the model is of a GE F-110 engine used in fighter aircraft. He invited GE Aerospace…
POTUS entered at approximately 1655. The event is being live streamed and broadcast. Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
In a commanding primetime interview on ABC, President Donald J. Trump delivered a powerful recap of his first 100 days in office — showcasing his transformative achievements and confronting the mainstream media’s distortions head-on. Here’s what you missed: President Trump highlighted the single biggest accomplishment of his first 100 days: “The border is the most significant because our country was really going bad…
Pool was ushered out at 1338 after roughly two hours. POTUS took several questions, which were live streamed/broadcast. Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
The speeches have wrapped with SecState Rubio closing out the round-the-table. POTUS was just praising his cabinet as an “impressive group of people” and joking about rating everyone as “outstanding” instead of ranking them. Secretary Kennedy is aggressively chewing gum of some variety. Q&A happening now Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
Last night, President Donald J. Trump renewed his call for Congress to pass the “one big, beautiful bill” and once again deliver the largest tax cuts in history to the American people. https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917361054864269468 In addition to finally exempting tips, overtime, and seniors’ Social Security from taxes, here’s what else that means : Real wages will go up by as much as $3,300/year. Take-hom…
The cabinet meeting continues apace. Homeland Security Secretary Noem is just finished speaking, accusing prior administration of “cooking the books” on deportation numbers. But she also says people who never reached the US-Mexico border because Mexican authorities turned them around should also count as deportations. Musk is still wearing both of his hats. SBA Administrator Loeffler now speaking. Another horologica…
The world’s wealthiest man has been fiddling with his hats. He adjusted the Gulf of America hat he’d been wearing earlier to make it large enough to fit over his DOGE hat and is now wearing two hats, one atop the other. The Gulf of America hat is on top. USTR Geer just finished speaking and holding up a list of countries current engaged in trade talks. NSA Waltz talking now. Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent…
Cabinet is seated in their customary places with SecState Rubio and SecDef Hegseth on either side of POTUS. VPOTUS is directly across from POTUS. Each attendee has a paper tag at their place with names/titles except for POTUS, VPOTUS and Elon Musk, who is seated at pool’s left/ POTUS’ right between DNI Gabbard and SBA administrator Loeffler. His tag just says “Elon Musk.” Musk had been wearing a DOGE hat, then put o…
Pool was brought in at 1134 ET. POTUS began speaking but was interrupted by RFK Jr’s quacking phone. He resumed with a recitation of administration accomplishments. Spray is ongoing and is being carried live. Andrew Feinberg White House Correspondent The Independent [EMAIL ADDRESS] (mailto:[EMAIL ADDRESS])
“It’s no surprise the leftovers of Biden’s economic disaster have been a drag on economic growth, but the underlying numbers tell the real story of the strong momentum President Trump is delivering. Robust core GDP, the highest gross domestic investment in four years, job growth, and trillions of dollars in new investments secured by President Trump are fueling an economic boom and setting the stage for unprecedente…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump will participate in the 2025 National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Thursday, May 1 What: 2025 National Day of Prayer When: 11:00 AM EDT Where: White House Rose Garden Press: Pre-Credentialed Media RSVP: Members of the media who would like to attend must fill out the link here to be considered for credentials. (Link closes today, Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 PM E…