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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (L) looks on as US National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Insiders: Jean-Pierre Purposely Blocks John Kirby From Briefing Room Podium

According to a recent Axios report, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is purposefully preventing national security spokesperson John Kirby from accompanying her during press briefings since she is annoyed that he hovers over her, making the press secretary feel like she has a “chaperone.”

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers brief remarks at the top of a cabinet meeting at the White House on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. With four months left in his administration, Biden said convened the meeting to re-focus priorities. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden Holds Cabinet Meeting For First Time In 11 Months

For the first time in eleven months, President Joe Biden called a meeting of his Cabinet on Friday.

This illustration taken on August 12, 2018, shows plastic straws, in a studio, in Paris. - There are more than eight billion tons of plastic littering the planet -- the lion's share of which is not recyclable -- and plastic production is expected to double in the next two decades according to a study in the journal PLOS ONE. The French government wants to introduce from next year -2019- a bonus-malus system to spread the plastic recycling among consumers, in the midst of a global regulation of the sector. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Kamala Harris Campaign Walks Back Candidate’s Previous Call To Ban Plastic Straws

Current vice president and 2024 Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris has now flipped on her “eco-friendly” progressive policy of banning plastic straws, a policy that she initially supported, according to her campaign, who made the announcement on Thursday.