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MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  All right.  I got ahead of myself. All right, guys.  We’re headed to New York City — my home city and state — New York.  All right, here we go.  So, since his first days in office, the President has demonstrated his commitment to diversity, creating a government that looks like America, a…

Remarks by President Biden on the Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Sorry to keep you waiting a few minutes. Forty-five years — for forty-five years, the United States Supreme Court has recognized a college’s freedom to decide how — how to build diverse student bodies and to meet their responsibility of…

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route to Santa Clara County, CA Air Force One.. On U.S.-China relations. One of the main issues for President Biden is climate change ? U.S. President Biden promises to fight climate change – White House press secretary reports. The spokeswoman also reported on the dangers…

President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada today to offer additional support to respond to the devasting and historic wildfires burning in Canada. The President has directed his team to deploy all available Federal firefighting assets that can rapidly assist in suppressing fires impacting Canadian and American communities. To date, the United States has deployed more than 600 U.S. firefighters…

Vice President Harris delivers remarks at Israel’s Independence Day Reception, hosted by the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Washington, D.C.. The White House official video.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Just doing a little housekeeping there.  (Laughs.) Okay.  So, today we learned that 339,000 jobs were created last month.  That’s more than 13 million jobs created since President Biden took office.  Unemployment has been below 4 percent for almost a year and a half.  The…