Pres. Biden on protests just now: “I condemn the anti-semitic protests. That’s why I have set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”
Hunter Biden during his closed door testimony in the impeachment probe: "I will probably say this 1,000 times, my father had absolutely no knowledge of, no involvement in, had no -- any way was -- awareness of my business relationship with Jonathan Li."
Biden conveys that his stern convo yesterday with Bibi should not be seen as abandoning Israel. From Biden's quick comments with reporters earlier today as he left the South Lawn for his trip to Baltimore.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre launches the April 1 press briefing by saying that POTUS is suspending the Hatch Act, so she can answer more of her questions. APRIL FOOLS, she adds.
“We’re not going home” Biden says to the East Palestine.
“This was an act of greed that was 100 percent preventable,” Biden says of the train accident.
“I have made mistakes in my life, and I have squandered opportunities and privileges that were afforded to me,” Hunter Biden said in the statement. “I know that. I am responsible for that. ... But my mistakes and shortcomings are my own and not my father’s.” - Hunter Biden
Biden says that the J6 rioters failed, causing Harris to stand and clap. Johnson remained seated.
"You can't love your country only when you win," Biden says.
Hunter Biden to the impeachment panel use of on speakerphone:
"I'm surprised my dad hasn't called me right now, and if he did, I would put him on speakerphone to say hi to you and to Congressman Raskin and everybody else in the room. It is nothing nefarious literally."
"You have trafficked in innuendo, distortion, and sensationalism -- all the while ignoring the clear and convincing evidence staring you in the face," Hunter Biden says in his opening statement to the House committees investigating his father.
Biden, speaking about Pelosi at a fundraiser in CA today: “She is the best Speaker of the House I think there has ever been. Thank God she was mostly on our side.”
At a campaign stop in Wisconsin, Biden identifies one of the key differences between the 2020 race and the 2024 campaign he plans to run: There will be an in-person ground game.
In 2020, amid covid, Democrats largely did not knock on doors.
Biden is now highlighting a guest from Alabama whose IVF treatment was delayed because of a court decision in that state that put the procedure in jeopardy.
Biden stops at a small candle shop in East Palestine and chats with some community leaders, part of a new effort this year to do more smaller and varied events when he travels.
Pro-Trump supporters stood outside in the snow.
Democrats are focusing much of their questioning on Trump and he he handled classified documents in the early phase of a hearing on Biden's handling of classified materials.
Speaking next to Biden at the White House, Irish leader Leo Varadkar says: "The people of Gaza desperately need food, medicine and shelter, and most especially, they need the bombs to stop."
Biden says that people who fly with him on AF1 to foreign countries and cities can get their prescription drugs for much less -- and oddly includes Moscow on the list of places where this would be a possibility.
"Bollocks" says John Kirby when asked to respond to Putin's claim that the White House purposefully leaked details about a Russian anti-satellite capability in an effort to get Ukraine funding passed through Congress.
KJP on Haley's comments that the two 2024 presidential nominees will be Haley and Harris: "I'm not sure what crystal ball she's looking at, but it's not the one we have."
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Spotted at the White House during the president’s departure today: my book. I doubt I’ll ever ride aboard Marine One, but glad to say American Woman did.
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“The border is in chaos. They don’t have the personnel," Biden says while in California on a fundraising swing, criticizing the GOP for blowing up a deal that would have overhauled immigration and provided more $$.
In the first 30 minutes of the Hur hearing there have been two videos and four opening statements.
But not a word yet from Hur, who is sitting alone at the witness table with his hands folded.
"Politicians are seeking to divide," Karine Jean-Pierre says of the controversy over Trans Visibility Day occuring on the same day as Easter Sunday.
She notes that Trans Visibility Day is always March 31 and that Easter moves to different days.