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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:12 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, everybody. Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon, Karine. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Hi, Weijia. (Laughter.) The President is tracking the tragic school shooting at Perry Middle and High School in — in Iowa. Our hearts break for the families of the victims […]

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This morning’s report confirms that 2023 was a great year for American workers. The economy created 2.7 million new jobs in 2023—a year when the unemployment rate was consistently below 4 percent—more jobs than during any year of the prior Administration. The strong job creation continued even as inflation fell to the pre-pandemic level of 2 […]

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Today is an important milestone in the fight to end the epidemic of gun violence tearing the fabric of our nation apart. Thanks to the enhanced background checks enacted by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the Justice Department has now successfully denied more than 500 illegal gun purchases by people under 21 years old who presented […]

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Today’s Supreme Court order allows Idaho’s extreme abortion ban to go back into effect and denies women critical emergency abortion care required by federal law. The overturning of Roe v. Wade has enabled Republican elected officials to pursue dangerous abortion bans like this one that continue to jeopardize women’s health, force them to travel out […]

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Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania 3:23 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER:  Four more years! (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT:  (Laughs.)  Well, thank you.  AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Please.  Thank you.  Please.  Thank you very, very much. […]

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The Biden-Harris Administration continues to prioritize global health security as a critical component of national biodefense.  The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, mpox and other outbreaks in recent years, has demonstrated the catastrophic impacts infectious diseases can have on health, economies, and societies, regardless of where they start.  The United States partners with […]

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Jill and I are devastated to learn that American Judy Weinstein is also believed to have been killed by Hamas on October 7. This tragic development cuts deep, coming on the heels of last week’s news that Judy’s beloved husband, Gad Haggai, is believed to have been killed by Hamas. We are holding Judy and […]

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President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador received yesterday in Mexico City a delegation of senior officials from the United States led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and White House Homeland Security Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall. President López Obrador thanked President Joe Biden for sending the U.S. delegation to […]

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Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Paul Whelan Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/28/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-paul-whelan/ The post Sta...

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke today with Polish Secretary of State, Head of the National Security Bureau, Jacek Siewiera. Mr. Sullivan expressed the United States’ solidarity with Poland, our close NATO Ally, as it deals with reports of a missile temporarily entering Polish airspace. Mr. Sullivan pledged technical assistance as needed and assured his […]

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