White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki conducts her first news conference of the Biden administration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Psaki previously worked in the Obama administration as White House Communications Director and spokesperson for the State Department. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to directly answer a question asking for President Joe Biden’s thoughts about the Equality Act’s implications for Catholic businesses and individuals who seek to operate in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.
EWTN White House Correspondent Owen Jensen asked Psaki about the Equality Act s implications for religious Americans, specifically Catholics, during a White House Press Briefing Tuesday.
Foxx said the nation’s racial division also affected both cities and rural communities.
The former transportation secretary highlighted the inherent racism in America’s interstate and highway systems during his time as head of the department. “There is a long history that has not been fully excavated on the interstate system, our airports and different modes of transportation that in one way or another has divided this country,” says Foxx.
President
Joe Biden’s 8-year $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan seeks to redesign the nation’s transportation system with equity in mind.
In an exclusive interview with
theGrio, Biden Transportation Secretary
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki conducts her first news conference of the Biden administration in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Psaki previously worked in the Obama administration as White House Communications Director and spokesperson for the State Department. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to directly answer a question asking for President Joe Biden’s thoughts about the Equality Act’s implications for Catholic businesses and individuals who seek to operate in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.
EWTN White House Correspondent Owen Jensen asked Psaki about the Equality Act s implications for religious Americans, specifically Catholics, during a White House Press Briefing Tuesday.
White House rejects US vaccine passports
Bloomberg
The US government would not issue so-called “vaccine passports,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday, after Texas sought to limit their development because of privacy concerns.
“The government is not now, nor will we be, supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,” Psaki told reporters at the White House. “There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.”
The administration wants to protect Americans’ privacy and does not want vaccine passports “used against people unfairly,” Psaki said.
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Biden’s Justice Department is lagging behind.
Over 10 weeks since inauguration and nearly a month after
MERRICK GARLAND was sworn in as attorney general, the president has yet to fill several critical Justice Department posts, including the assistant attorney generals for the criminal, national security, civil and antitrust divisions, along with a solicitor general. In comparison,