White House extends health insurance access to ‘Dreamers’
Under this rule, active recipients of DACA, known as “Dreamers,” qualified health plan or basic health plan Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and several forms of financial assistance. The new rule comes in the coming months for executive action the Biden administration may take on immigration issues, from a potential asylum crackdown at the […]
‘Star Wars’ actor Mark Hamill drops by White House for a visit with ‘Joe-bi-Wan Kenobi’
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill stopped by the White House on Friday for a visit with President Joe Biden and left wearing the president’s aviator sunglasses and another tribute to the president. After his visit with Biden, he made a brief appearance at a regular White House press conference and said, “I love merchandise,” while […]
White House praises UNC frat bros who protected the American flag from anti-Israel agitators as ‘admirable’
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre praised the UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity brothers who defended the Star-Spangled Banner during campus protests related to the war in Gaza. After anti-Israel demonstrators replaced the American flag at the University of North Carolina on Chapel Hill’s Quad with the Palestinian flag, the local chapter of Pikappapi defended the flag […]
Mark Hamill visits White House
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, an outspoken supporter of President Joe Biden, met with the president on Friday before attending a White House press conference. Mr. Hamill said he calls Mr. Biden “Mr. President,” but Mr. Biden said he could call Mr. Hamill Joe. Hamill said he asked if he could call the president “Jobi […]
‘Star Wars’ Star Mark Hamill Visits White House, Gushes over Karine Jean-Pierre and President ‘Joebi-Wan Kenobi’
Actor Mark Hamill visited the White House and spoke passionately to Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and President Jobe Wan Kenobi. “I called him ‘Mr.’ President.’ He said, ‘You can call me Joe.’ So I said, ‘Can I call you Jobi-Wan Kenobi?’ He liked that.” Star Wars At Friday’s White House press conference, the actor […]
Biden honors Democratic allies with highest civilian award at White House
President Biden on Friday awarded the nation’s highest civilian awards to 19 people, many of them Democratic allies. The White House has announced the list of recipients for the annual Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Vice President Al Gore, […]
White House pressed on ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby’s pardon request
The White House was repeatedly pressed Friday about offering a presidential pardon to former state attorney Marilyn Mosby of Baltimore. Mosby faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of perjury and mortgage fraud but says the convictions are related to her decision to charge police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death […]
White House shakes up its immigration team
The White House is revamping its roster of immigration advisers, adding top border enforcement policy leaders and development experts to strengthen the team. Blas Nuñez-Neto came to the White House from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At the department, he served as assistant secretary for border and immigration policy and was the lead negotiator […]
Mark Hamill calls Biden ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ in White House press room appearance
Mark Hamill said the power lies with President Biden. The actor made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room on Friday and offered the commander in chief a “Star Wars”-inspired nickname. “How many of you wrote ‘Mark Hamill will lead the press conference’ on your bingo card?” Mr. Hamill, wearing sunglasses, told reporters […]
White House Refuses to Apologize for Calling Japan ‘Xenophobic’
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday refused to apologize to Japan after President Joe Biden, 81, called the US ally “xenophobic.” Speaking live at a campaign fundraising rally in Washington, Biden said the U.S. economy is doing well in part because “we welcome immigrants.” Biden, who Special Counsel Robert Hur characterized as “an […]