White House Press Briefing Aug. 10

White House Press Briefing Aug. 8

Arne Duncan, education secretary, spoke at the top of the briefing today:

White House Press Briefing Aug. 4

Announcements: Obama is traveling next week. On Aug. 9 he'll be at Interstate Moving Service in Springfield, Va. On Aug 11, he'll tour Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich.

White House Press Briefing Aug. 3

White House Press Briefing Aug. 2

On Sept. 11, Obama and Michelle Obama will mark 9-11 in Pennsylvania and New York.
Obama signed the debt ceiling bill today during the briefing.

White House Press Briefing Aug. 1

White House Press Briefing July 29

White House Press Briefing July 28

At the top is Ray LaHood, transportation secretary, Congress's failure to pass an FAA funding bill.
Full video:

White House Press Briefing July 27

White House Update on Debt Ceiling Negotiations July 27

WATCH Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, who also offers an update.

White House Press Briefing July 26

There is no wiggle room on the drop dead Aug. 2 deadline. Jay Carney says Boehner's bill won't pass the Senate and therefore would never make it to Obama's desk. Read the Reid plan and the Boehner plan here. Republicans to the right of Boehner are opposed to his plan, so is the CBO.
More on the debt ceiling and debt talks:

White House Press Briefing July 21

Jay Carney squashed the rumors of a deal: "There is no deal. We're not close to a deal."
Carney also said the debt ceiling will be raised. The question is what will the deficit deal look like?
Carney also said there was some unfortunate headlines yesterday. Obama is still opposed to short term lifting of the debt ceiling. Period. If there is a deal and it's in place and agreed upon and Congress needs take a few days to wrap up details, that would be okay.
Carney cleans up some of the confusion out there on the debt ceiling and the deficit deal.

White House Press Briefing July 20

Obama talked to McConnell, Boehner, Reid, Pelosi last night and met with congressional leaders today.
Jay Carney apparently is a music buff:

White House Press Briefing July 18

White House Press Briefing July 14

Jay Carney says the White House appreciates that Mitch McConnell's proposal acknowledges that the debt ceiling must be raised. Carney lists the number of times the republican "leaders" have voted in the past to raise the debt ceiling.

White House Press Briefing July 13

White House Press Briefing July 12

White House Press Briefing July 8

White House Press Briefing July 7