The omicron variant had just begun to ebb away from its January peak when a group of restaurant owners and workers scored a meeting with top advisers to President Biden. The advocates were seeking federal aid to help their beleaguered industry weather yet another virus spike. The Biden advisers agreed to the meeting at the behest of allies on Capitol Hill, who recommended the White House hear directly from the sector as Democrats weighed policy in the wake of the variant’s havoc.
The meeting, organized by the Independent Restaurant Coalition,...
The meeting, organized by the Independent Restaurant Coalition,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Millions of Americans are at risk of eviction, thanks to the eviction moratorium that expired over the weekend while Congress and the White House sparred over who was responsible for extending it. President Joe Biden asked landlords to pause evictions for the next 30 days on Monday as the administration scrambles to find a way to implement a new eviction moratorium.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
- 8/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Joe Biden is embarking on a weeklong series of events to promote his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, but his administration also faces the challenge of winning over vaccine skeptics.
Although the numbers of Americans who say they will not get the vaccine has dropped, an NPR/Marist poll from last week showed that 30% still do not want to get the shots. Republican men and supporters of Donald Trump were the most likely to say that they would not get the vaccine.
CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe asked Biden today whether Trump himself should be out there promoting the vaccine to convince those who refuse to get it.
Biden, who had just made short remarks at the White House, said, “I discussed it with my team, and the thing they say has more impact than anything Trump would say to the Maga folks is what the local doctor,...
Although the numbers of Americans who say they will not get the vaccine has dropped, an NPR/Marist poll from last week showed that 30% still do not want to get the shots. Republican men and supporters of Donald Trump were the most likely to say that they would not get the vaccine.
CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe asked Biden today whether Trump himself should be out there promoting the vaccine to convince those who refuse to get it.
Biden, who had just made short remarks at the White House, said, “I discussed it with my team, and the thing they say has more impact than anything Trump would say to the Maga folks is what the local doctor,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is back on track — and Kasi Lemmons, the director of 2019’s “Harriet,” is “thrilled” about it.
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
- 2/2/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Donald Trump won't be attending D.C.'s "Nerd Prom" on April 30 - but it's not because he wasn't invited. "I was asked by every single group of media available to mankind [to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner]," the Gop front-runner tells The Hill. "But I've decided not to go. Do you know why? I would have a good time and the press would say I look like I wasn't having a good time." Trump attended last year's dinner, before he announced his presidential bid, as well as the 2011 dinner, where President Obama famously roasted the billionaire businessman in a comedy routine. Trump says that, despite reports to the contrary,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump won't be attending D.C.'s "Nerd Prom" on April 30 - but it's not because he wasn't invited. "I was asked by every single group of media available to mankind [to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner]," the Gop front-runner tells The Hill. "But I've decided not to go. Do you know why? I would have a good time and the press would say I look like I wasn't having a good time." Trump attended last year's dinner, before he announced his presidential bid, as well as the 2011 dinner, where President Obama famously roasted the billionaire businessman in a comedy routine. Trump says that, despite reports to the contrary,...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
CNBC host Jim Cramer and White House advisor Gene Sperling appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday where he was asked for their takes on the debate over extending long-term unemployment insurance. During the segment, Cramer tore into how Democrats go about pursuing job creation policies and offered the party some messaging advice which will allow them to gain public support for their existing policies.
- 1/5/2014
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
The all-out war between President Obama's White House and Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward took another mild turn this morning when, after "Mean" Gene Sperling followed up his threatening email with a blistering barrage of compliments Sunday morning, Woodward reloaded, and told Sperling right where to go: to Woodward's house, and could he please bring President Obama with him, and maybe some other White House officials? Woodward extended the invitation on CBS News' Face The Nation, explaining to host Bob Schieffer that "talking works."...
- 3/3/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward hasn't been in the news this much since fondue pots were figuratively hot, but by publicizing the White House's attempt to intimidate him into not being an idiot, the former Watergate reporter became a gate unto himself this week. Gene Sperling, the man who told Woodward he would "regret" falsely claiming that the White House had "moved the goalposts" on deficit reduction, appeared on ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos to continue his rain of fire on Woodward.
- 3/3/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Getty Former President Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton.
Last night, former President Bill Clinton discussed his new book, “Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy,” with his daughter Chelsea at the New York Historical Society. It was in interview format – Chelsea put forth questions or ideas from the book, and he responded.
The event, attended by a select group of invitees and very few members of the press, was hosted by Knopf Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Sonny Mehta.
Last night, former President Bill Clinton discussed his new book, “Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy,” with his daughter Chelsea at the New York Historical Society. It was in interview format – Chelsea put forth questions or ideas from the book, and he responded.
The event, attended by a select group of invitees and very few members of the press, was hosted by Knopf Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Sonny Mehta.
- 11/9/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Washington, Sept 5: Angelina Jolie has revealed that she created her own jewellery line for "fun".
According to Vanity Fair, Jolie, 36, said that although it's never been a huge ambition of hers, she did it because she wanted to design pieces she could wear, with the proceeds going to charity.
"Yeah, I did it for fun," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"The proceeds go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a foundation I started with Gene Sperling.
"I like certain types of jewellery I wasn't finding, big chunky stones with gold. I worked with a designer, saying,.
According to Vanity Fair, Jolie, 36, said that although it's never been a huge ambition of hers, she did it because she wanted to design pieces she could wear, with the proceeds going to charity.
"Yeah, I did it for fun," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"The proceeds go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a foundation I started with Gene Sperling.
"I like certain types of jewellery I wasn't finding, big chunky stones with gold. I worked with a designer, saying,.
- 9/5/2011
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
London, Sep 5: Actress Angelina Jolie says she created her jewellery line for 'fun'.
'Yeah, I did it for fun. The proceeds go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a foundation I started with Gene Sperling. I like certain types of jewellery I wasn't finding, big chunky stones with gold,? contactmusic.com quoted the 36-year-old as saying.
Jolie launched her own range of accessories 'Style of Jolie' earlier this year.
?I worked with a designer, saying, 'If I had an ideal.
'Yeah, I did it for fun. The proceeds go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a foundation I started with Gene Sperling. I like certain types of jewellery I wasn't finding, big chunky stones with gold,? contactmusic.com quoted the 36-year-old as saying.
Jolie launched her own range of accessories 'Style of Jolie' earlier this year.
?I worked with a designer, saying, 'If I had an ideal.
- 9/5/2011
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Noting that nobody's "doing a happy dance" this morning over the Sunday night debt deal struck by President Obama and Congressional leaders, CNN's Carol Costello challenged presidential adviser Gene Sperling on whether Obama "caved" by giving up on tax increases while agreeing to significant spending cuts. "He did not give up anything in that goal of shared sacrifice in this package." Costello noted that a Paul Krugman op-ed in The New York Times shared the view that "Mr. Obama keeps folding in the face of (Republican) threats. He surrendered last December, extending all the Bush tax cuts. He surrendered in the spring when they threatened to shut down the government; and he has not surrendered on a grand scale to raw extortion over the debt ceiling."...
- 8/1/2011
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
Gene Sperling is White House point man for what may be the most delicate negotiations of the Obama presidency. Lloyd Grove reports on the latest turns in the debt-ceiling drama.
Gene Sperling-a key White House player in the bipartisan negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling-is a devotee of the iron fist/velvet glove school of politics.
As President Obama's top economic adviser, he had a hand in the recent presidential speech that trashed House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's deficit reduction plan as a savage attack on old folks, college students, disabled kids and sick people, as well as an obscene gift to millionaires and billionaires.
Sperling loved that speech.
Ryan, not so much. An invited guest who sat in the front row at George Washington University during the speech, the congressman was at first surprised, then angry as he listened to Obama demonizing him and...
Gene Sperling-a key White House player in the bipartisan negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling-is a devotee of the iron fist/velvet glove school of politics.
As President Obama's top economic adviser, he had a hand in the recent presidential speech that trashed House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's deficit reduction plan as a savage attack on old folks, college students, disabled kids and sick people, as well as an obscene gift to millionaires and billionaires.
Sperling loved that speech.
Ryan, not so much. An invited guest who sat in the front row at George Washington University during the speech, the congressman was at first surprised, then angry as he listened to Obama demonizing him and...
- 5/19/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
At noon Est (nowish), Fast Company senior editor Nancy Cook is scheduled to moderate a panel, "Startup America--Reducing Barriers" at the White House. The plan is to have a chat with Karen Mills, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Adminstration and Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council during which she'll pose some of your ideas and questions and hopefully get some answers. More background is here.
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- 3/23/2011
- by Tyler Gray
- Fast Company
Once again, the White House wants to hear ideas about innovation in general and eliminating impediments to startups in particular from you Fast Company readers.
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On March 23, from noon-12:40 p.m. Est, Fast Company senior editor Nancy Cook will travel to the White House with your questions in tow to moderate the panel, "Startup America--Reducing Barriers." It's part of the White House's Startup America initiative, which began with an executive order in January by President Obama, instructing federal agencies to identify and take steps to reduce old or burdensome business regulations. President Obama is also visiting eight cities and entrepreneurs and businesspeople there to get their ideas for how to further streamline the process. But if the president isn't visiting your city (Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, and Boulder are still to come), here's your chance to take part nonetheless.
Via Twitter or the convenient box below, ask a question about...
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On March 23, from noon-12:40 p.m. Est, Fast Company senior editor Nancy Cook will travel to the White House with your questions in tow to moderate the panel, "Startup America--Reducing Barriers." It's part of the White House's Startup America initiative, which began with an executive order in January by President Obama, instructing federal agencies to identify and take steps to reduce old or burdensome business regulations. President Obama is also visiting eight cities and entrepreneurs and businesspeople there to get their ideas for how to further streamline the process. But if the president isn't visiting your city (Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, and Boulder are still to come), here's your chance to take part nonetheless.
Via Twitter or the convenient box below, ask a question about...
- 3/21/2011
- by Tyler Gray
- Fast Company
The new White House press secretary isn't a part of Obama's Chicago-centric inner circle or a Clinton alum-instead he's a D.C. stalwart whom journalists believe may be more agreeable at the podium.
The news came, fittingly enough, in the form of a leak. White House officials passed the word to reporters Thursday that President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to lead the administration's press office. Carney, now the spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden, is a former reporter himself who for years led Time magazine's Washington bureau.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
Carney's promotion is a notable departure from the administration's latest round of hiring, which brought in former officials from the Clinton White House, including director of the National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley, both former White House officials in the 1990s.
At Thursday's briefing before the news was announced,...
The news came, fittingly enough, in the form of a leak. White House officials passed the word to reporters Thursday that President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to lead the administration's press office. Carney, now the spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden, is a former reporter himself who for years led Time magazine's Washington bureau.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
Carney's promotion is a notable departure from the administration's latest round of hiring, which brought in former officials from the Clinton White House, including director of the National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley, both former White House officials in the 1990s.
At Thursday's briefing before the news was announced,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Daniel Stone
- The Daily Beast
Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has designed a pair of cufflinks costing $10,000 for charity. The cufflinks are made of 18k white gold, black diamonds and emeralds. They are a part of British jeweller Asprey’s limited edition - Protector Collection - that is entirely serpent-themed pieces, says people.com. All proceeds from the sale will go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity Jolie co-founded with Gene Sperling. ...
- 5/14/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
New York, May 13 – Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has designed a pair of cufflinks costing $10,000 for charity.
The cufflinks are made of 18k white gold, black diamonds and emeralds. They are a part of British jeweller Asprey’s limited edition – Protector Collection – that is entirely serpent-themed pieces, says people.com.
All proceeds from the sale will go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity which Jolie co-founded with Gene Sperling.
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The cufflinks are made of 18k white gold, black diamonds and emeralds. They are a part of British jeweller Asprey’s limited edition – Protector Collection – that is entirely serpent-themed pieces, says people.com.
All proceeds from the sale will go to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity which Jolie co-founded with Gene Sperling.
Ians...
- 5/13/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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