The White House remained on the defensive Monday about Vice President Kamala Harris, who had been deemed a close contact for COVID-19, appearing unmasked last week during the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
The White House on Thursday slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his announced plan to bus illegal immigrants caught while entering the United States to Washington, DC, calling it a “publicity stunt.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended giving experimental puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children and teens suffering from gender dysphoria as a “best practice” and warned that the federal government would take action against states that ban such practices.
The White House is threatening to hold states "accountable" for passing laws that protect children from irreversible procedures used to transition genders.
A bill in Alabama that would ban transgender treatments for minors, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, has passed out of the legislature and will go to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for signature.
