Tag: White

White House says its redacting Jan. 6 panel transcripts for security reasons

WASHINGTON — The White House has informed a GOP lawmaker that it’s reviewing several transcripts of interviews conducted by the former House Jan. 6 committee to protect “sensitive operational and personal information.” In a letter to Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., obtained by NBC News, White House special counsel Richard Sauber said the White House is… Continue reading White House says its redacting Jan. 6 panel transcripts for security reasons

Biden names former Obama-era lawyer as White House counsel

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden named former federal prosecutor and Chicago lawyer Ed Siskel as his top White House lawyer on Tuesday, saying the former White House deputy counsel would start his new post next month. Siskel served in the White House Counsel’s Office for nearly four years when Biden was vice president under former… Continue reading Biden names former Obama-era lawyer as White House counsel

Partial power outage at L.A.’s White Memorial Hospital prompts evacuations

A partial power outage overnight at Los Angeles’ White Memorial Hospital led to the evacuation of at least 30 “critical” patients and left nearly 250 patients in the dark, fire officials said.  The outage was reported just after 11 p.m. Monday night at the hospital’s Specialty Care Center at its Boyle Heights campus. The tower… Continue reading Partial power outage at L.A.’s White Memorial Hospital prompts evacuations

Black delivery driver loses FedEx job more than a year after he said white men attacked him

JACKSON, Miss. — A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired from his job, he and his attorney said Monday. “I honestly feel disrespected,” the former driver, D’Monterrio Gibson, told The Associated Press shortly after he received an email from FedEx about… Continue reading Black delivery driver loses FedEx job more than a year after he said white men attacked him

Why Hollywood embraced white savior movies like ‘The Blind Side’

The legal battle between former NFL star Michael Oher and the white Tennessee family who took him in, as portrayed in the fictionalization of their lives in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” has renewed conversations about a common film trope: the white savior.  When “The Blind Side” hit theaters, it was hailed as both… Continue reading Why Hollywood embraced white savior movies like ‘The Blind Side’

Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel to JPMorgan as client

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to JPMorgan Chase as a client in 2019, months before he was arrested on charges related to federal sex trafficking, court documents showed.  Epstein’s assistant emailed JPMorgan Chase executive Mary Erdoes in February 2019 suggesting Ruemmler as a customer, according to an email filed as… Continue reading Epstein referred former Obama White House counsel to JPMorgan as client

White House lawyer who advised Biden on GOP probes and pandemic is set to leave

WASHINGTON — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping President Joe Biden weigh legal considerations as he implemented his pandemic response, battled Republican investigations and crafted major legislation. Stuart Delery joined Biden’s transition legal team after the Democrat defeated then-President Donald Trump in November 2020. Delery served as deputy… Continue reading White House lawyer who advised Biden on GOP probes and pandemic is set to leave

Trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting attack on Black FedEx driver ends in mistrial

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a white father and son in Mississippi who were accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home, after it was revealed that police did not turn over all evidence to the prosecutor’s office. Brandon Case and… Continue reading Trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting attack on Black FedEx driver ends in mistrial