Karine Jean-Pierre

President Joe Biden said Thursday that Congressional leaders have agreed there “will be no default,” despite the countdown toward an expected June 1 “x-date” unless a debt ceiling deal is reached. “I put forward a proposal that will cut spending by more than $1...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly said on Wednesday that Wall Street should be worried about the political stalemate over the debt ceiling issue as the country gets closer to a possible payment default. What Happened: The House Speaker said he was "very concerned" about reaching a deal with...

2022 was a historic year for cannabis, even though marijuana banking reform was excluded from a large-scale spending bill in December after failing to make it into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). From the enactment of the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation...

The White House declined to answer questions pertaining to $5.2 million in campaign donations made by Sam Bankman-Fried to U.S. President Joe Biden and if the money will be returned to the disgraced founder of crypto exchange FTX (CRYPTO: FTT). Attending a press briefing on Dec. 13,...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) initially jumped more than 2.5% on Tuesday morning after the consumer price index inflation reading for November came in lower than expected. Yet the timing of the initial spike in the stock market has raised some eyebrows among seasoned traders. What...

President Joe Biden’s administration has called for stronger regulatory controls over Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies in response to the scandal, potential fraud, and money lost through the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) exchange and...

Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow to a Russian penal colony to begin serving her nine-year sentence for having inadvertently carried less than a gram of cannabis oil in her suitcase when traveling to...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks about the 2022 midterm election on Tuesday, making new promises and reaffirming old ones. His comments came some two weeks after he announced a plan to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple cannabis possession. “I’m keeping...

President Joe Biden will meet Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan as the White House continues to push for their release via negotiations for a prisoner swap, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.  The meetings...

The Biden administration is still behind in its campaign promise to work on decriminalizing marijuana. That's according to what White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a news briefing on Monday. This came as a response to Pennsylvania's Lt. Gov. and Democratic Senate...

During a Tuesday interview with Gayle King on "CBS Mornings," Cherelle Griner essentially said she was aghast when she heard her basketball superstar wife had been detained for "large-scale" transportation of drugs, as the Russians alleged when they arrested her in...

In an emotional speech, Joe Biden called the Buffalo shooting an act of domestic terrorism and condemned the racist ideology of the 18-year-old shooter - a self-described white supremacist. "White supremacy is a poison, it's a poison ... running through our body politic...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki previously announced she would be leaving the role on May 13. The new White House press secretary was named this week with Karine Jean-Pierre set to take the role. Here are five things you might not know about Karine Jean-Pierre. 1. Historic Firsts for...