I was struck today, sitting in the WH briefing room, that the first four rows of seats were ALL female reporters from TV, the wires and print. That's a cool moment.
Nancy Cook
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Nancy Cook
@nancook
Senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg News (@business). Covered first Trump + Biden White Houses, now roving. Tips to [email protected]
Washington D.C.
Joined March 2009
- Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde — Seven of the families whose kids were killed belong to this parish, the Bidens are sitting in the first pew on the right.
- NEW: A source close to Mulvaney tells me he is no longer interested in COS job, Mnuchin and Lighthizer sending out same signals.... list of potential replacements for Kelly shrinking by the hour.
- SPOTTED at the White House: Annie Leibovitz who is here to photograph Jen Psaki for an upcoming magazine profile.
- PA Lt. Gov John Fetterman (who is running for US Senate) looks thrilled to be at the Easter Egg Roll.
- President Biden is now meeting privately with families who lost kids in Uvalde.
- President Biden and Dr. Biden made a surprise stop at the photo wall, two blocks from the Surfside building. It has photos, flowers and signs about the people who lived there.
- It is funny to me that Stephanie Grisham's forthcoming memoir is called "I'll Take Your Questions Now..." when she never actually held a press briefing as the WH press secretary: axios.com/scoop-the-most…
- The Biden WH seems *particularly intent* on the press not asking any q's of POTUS 14 days out from the midterms, w/WH aides screaming in the faces of reporters who try to ask Biden q's following each event today.
- Final stop in Warsaw: the VP met with American and Polish service members to thank them and talk about importance of NATO alliance. A handful tore their service patches off their uniforms and gave them to her.
- One R close to the Kavanaugh confirmation process just told me this after the third allegation of sexual misconduct came out --> “You can’t be a rapist and alcoholic at the age of 17 and then years later, become a highly accomplished person.”
- NEW: As Biden weighs a student debt decision, Penn Wharton Budget Model has released its analysis of student loan forgiveness, estimating it will cost bet. $300-$980 billion, w/majority of relief going toward borrowers in top 60% of earners. More on the @TheTerminal.
- Trump was not tested every day for Covid and we still don't know when his last negative test was via @maggieNYT, @anniekarni:
- DeSantis "has privately acknowledged to friends + allies that Trump holds so much sway over GOP voters that it leaves little room for alternative candidates. The timing may not have been right for DeSantis to run, according to allies."
