Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017

December 31, 2017

The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Other White House Announcements.

January 20

Text of a memorandum from White House Chief of Staff Reinhold R. "Reince" Priebus to the heads of executive departments and agencies on the regulatory freeze pending review

January 21

Transcript of remarks to reporters by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

January 23

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Takes Action: Signs Series of Presidential Memoranda Dealing With Trade and Other Issues

January 24

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Takes Action To Expedite Priority Energy and Infrastructure Projects

Statement by the Press Secretary on media coverage of the children of Presidents

January 25

Statement by the Press Secretary: Praise for President Trump's Bold Action

January 26

Statement by Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Mark S. Sandy: Budgetary Impact Analysis for Executive Order Entitled "Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal"

Statement by Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Mark S. Sandy: Budgetary Impact Analysis for Executive Order Entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States"

Statement by Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Mark S. Sandy: Budgetary Impact Analysis for Executive Order Entitled "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements"

Statement by Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Mark S. Sandy: Budgetary Impact Analysis for Executive Order Entitled "Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects"

January 27

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Announces Manufacturing Jobs Initiative Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's First Week of Action

Statement by the Press Secretary: Evening Communications Briefing

January 29

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From the Sunday Shows

January 30

Statement by the Press Secretary: Senate Democrats Obstruct President Trump's Nominees To Lead Major Departments, Agencies

Statement by the Press Secretary on the appointment of Dana J. Boente as Acting Attorney General

January 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Will Continue To Enforce Executive Order Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ Community in the Workplace

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Works To Make Drugs More Affordable, Create Jobs

Statement by the Press Secretary: Doing What He Said He Would: President Trump's Transparent, Principled, and Consistent Process for Choosing a Supreme Court Nominee

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court

Text of a background paper on Supreme Court Nominee Neil M. Gorsuch Text of a brief curriculum vitae of Supreme Court Nominee Neil M. Gorsuch

Statement by the Press Secretary: Bipartisan Praise for the "Impossible To Oppose" Judge Neil Gorsuch

February 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: Editorial Boards Across the Country Praise Judge Gorsuch Statement by the Press Secretary: First Lady Melania Trump Announces Chief of Staff Statement by National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn on Iran's ballistic missile launch February 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: More Editorial Praise for Judge Gorsuch

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House National Security Adviser Announces NSC Senior Staff Appointments

Statement by the Press Secretary on Israel's settlement activity

February 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary on judicial action against the President's Executive Order 13769 titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States"

Statement by National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn announcing U.S. sanctions against Iran

February 4

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's Second Week of Action

Statement by the Press Secretary: Making America Safe Again: In Only Two Weeks, President Trump Delivers on His Promise To Make America Safe Again

Statement by the Press Secretary: Getting Americans Back to Work: Sticking to His Word: President Trump's First Two Weeks Prioritized Putting Americans Back to Work

February 5

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

February 6

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

February 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: In Case You Missed It: McClatchy on Historical Precedent for President's National Security Executive Order

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Director of Legislative Affairs Announces Legislative Affairs House Staff Appointments

February 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Announces His Cabinet

Statement by the Press Secretary: First Lady Melania Trump Announces the Appointment of Anna Christina Niceta Lloyd as White House Social Secretary

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's letter to President Xi Jinping of China Text of a CNBC.com op-ed by U.S. Global Investors Chief Executive Officer and Chief

Investment Officer Frank Holmes: "CEO Confidence at Near-Record High. Why? Trump's War on Regulation" (published February 7)

February 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan's visit to the White House

February 11

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Acts To Restore Public Safety and Protect Law Enforcement

February 12

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

February 13

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Names Lt. General Joseph Keith Kellogg, Jr., as Acting National Security Advisor; Accepts Resignation of Lt. General Michael Flynn

Text of National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn's letter of resignation submitted to the President

February 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: First Lady Melania Trump Announces the Reopening of the White House Visitors Office

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump: Cutting Red Tape for American Businesses

February 15

Text of an article by Richard Wolf of USA Today: Former Law Clerks Herald Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch's Independence (published February 14)

Text of a joint readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel

February 16

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump: Putting Coal Country Back To Work

Text of an op-ed by Sen. Charles E. Grassley for USA Today: Democrats' Supreme Court Double Standard

February 17

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

February 19

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

February 20

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's First Month: Achieving Results for the American People

February 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

February 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

February 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

February 24

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Cuts Through More Red Tape

Text of an op-ed by Jay Timmons for the Washington Examiner: Trump's Focus Brings Renewed Optimism to America's Manufacturers

February 26

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

February 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House National Economic Council Director Announces Senior Staff Appointments

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce Special Guests for the Joint Address to Congress

Text of an article by Anita Kumar and William Douglas of McClatchy: Trump Seeks To Outdo Obama in Backing Black Colleges

Text of a readout of a White House listening session with leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

February 28

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principle Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Delivers on Jobs for the American People

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's First 40 Days of Action: Achieving Results for the American People

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Is Delivering on Immigration Enforcement for the American People

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Inherited Many Challenges

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Is Working To Rebuild Our Nation's Infrastructure

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Is Confronting Our Nation's Broken Healthcare System

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Restoring Public Safety for All Americans

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Is Rebuilding Americas National Security Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 255, H.R. 321, and

H.J. Res. 40

Excerpts of the President's address before a joint session of the Congress

March 1

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Text of a readout of the President's meeting with Republican congressional leaders

March 2

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: Editorials Praise President Trump's Joint Address

March 3

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principle Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of an op-ed by Alan Tonelson for the New York Times: What Trump Gets Right on Trade (published March 2)

March 5

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

Statement by the Press Secretary on reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election

March 6

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Congratulates Exxon Mobil for Job-Creating Investment Program

March 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce Reopening of White House Public Tours

Text of a readout of the President's meeting with the House Republican Deputy Whip team

March 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce 2017 White House Easter Egg Roll

Statement by the Press Secretary on the observance of International Women's Day

March 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary on the 10-year anniversary of the disappearance of Robert A. Levinson in Iran

Text of a readout of the President's National Economic Council listening session

March 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on the upcoming visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's First 50 Days of Action: Achieving Results for the American People

Text of an op-ed by Douglas Holtz-Eakin for the Washington Post: The American Health Care Act Is a Good Start (published March 9)

March 12

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

March 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump: Protecting Taxpayer Money Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 609

Text of a readout of the President's listening session on health care reform

March 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Text of an article by Damian Paletta of the Washington Post: Trump Budget Expected To Seek Historic Contraction of Federal Workforce (published March 12)

March 15

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney previewing the President's fiscal year 2018 budget

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce Additional Details for 2017 White House Easter Egg Roll

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump: Buy American and Hire American for the United States Automobile Industry

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate confirmation of National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to continue service at the rank of Lieutenant General

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: The Health Bill's Fiscal Bonus (published March 14)

March 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Text of a letter to the editor by Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price in the New York Times: The Health Secretary, on the Republican Bill (published March 15)

Statement by the Press Secretary: Happy Birthday to Mr. Ray Chavez

March 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

March 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Signs NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 442

March 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Director of Legislative Affairs Announces Legislative Affairs Staff Appointments

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House To Make Financial Disclosures Public Text of a readout of the President's meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus Text of a Detroit News editorial: Gorsuch Turns Back Democratic Attacks

March 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Text of an op-ed by Thomas Donohue for The Hill: Why Business Supports the House Republican Healthcare Plan

Text of a joint readout of the March 20â23 consultations by senior-level U.S. and Israeli delegations

March 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Delivers on Jobs for the American People Statement by the Press Secretary on the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome

March 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on the President's Executive Order titled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth"

Statement by the Press Secretary: First Lady Melania Trump Announces Director of Communications

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Takes Action To Get Washington Out of the Way

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Announces the White House Office of American Innovation (OAI)

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 37, H.J. Res. 44,

H.J. Res. 57, and H.J. Res. 58

March 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's Energy Independence Policy

Statement by the Press Secretary: President and First Lady Host Bipartisan Reception for Senators at the White House

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 305

March 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Signs an Executive Order Establishing the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Trump's Energy Progress (published March 28)

March 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Joint readout of a meeting between the President and Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark

March 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on the release of financial disclosure forms for White House staff members

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on the upcoming visits of President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt and King Abdullah II of Jordan

Statement by the Press Secretary: The Gorsuch Process: Unprecedented Access and Transparency

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Restores Confidence in the American Economy

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 42, H.R. 1362, and S.J. Res. 1

April 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 69, H.J. Res. 83,

H.R. 1228, and S.J. Res. 34

Text of a readout of the President's meeting with President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt

Text of an article by Darlene Superville for the Associated Press: Bit by Bit, Trump Methodically Undoing Obama Policies

April 4

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background briefing by senior administration officials on the visit of President Xi Jinping of China

April 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer and Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short on the Congressional Review Act

Statement from the Press Secretary on the decline in Southwest border apprehensions Statement from the Press Secretary on the observance of Gold Star Wives Day

April 6

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

April 7

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., on the President's meetings with President Xi Jinping of China

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Congratulates Judge Neil M. Gorsuch on His Historic Confirmation

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's meetings with President Xi Jinping of China

April 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

April 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on Syria

Transcript of an on-the-record press briefing by Office of Management and Budget Director John

M. "Mick" Mulvaney on a comprehensive plan for reforming the Federal Government and reducing the Federal civilian workforce

Statement by the Press Secretary on Montenegro's NATO accession protocol

April 12

Transcript of a background briefing by senior administration officials on the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Transcript of a background briefing by a senior administration official on the U.N. vote on Syria and China-U.S. relations

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump: Creating an Efficient, Effective and Accountable Federal Government

April 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 43 Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 67 April 14

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on the Vice President's

travel to South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and Australia

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Commends Atlanta First Responders for Response to Interstate 85 Bridge Fire

April 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a background briefing by senior administration officials on the President's Executive order titled "Buy American and Hire American"

April 18

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a press gaggle on background by a senior administration official on the President's Executive order titled "Buy American and Hire American"

Statement by the Press Secretary: Senior Administration Officials Praise President Donald J. Trump's Buy American, Hire American Executive Order

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Promotes "Buy American and Hire American" Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 353

April 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump To Host Videoconference Call With Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Aboard the International Space Station

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 544

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S.J. Res. 30, S.J. Res. 35, and S.J. Res. 36

April 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., on the President's memorandum on steel imports and threats to national security

Statement by the Press Secretary: Further Guidance for Ivanka Trump's Visit to Germany for the W20 (Women's 20) Summit in Berlin

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump: Standing Up to Unfair Steel Trade Practices

April 21

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin on the President's financial services Executive order and memorandums

April 23

Statement by the Press Secretary: Top Highlights From Sunday's Shows

April 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of an on-the-record press briefing by Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade, and Food Assistance Ray Starling on the President's Executive order titled "Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity"

April 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke on the President's Executive order titled "Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act"

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's 100 Days of Historic Accomplishments

Statement by the Press Secretary on the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on the President's Executive order titled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States"

Text of a memorandum from the White House Press Office to the White House press corps: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Text: List of Foreign Ambassadors Who Participated in Credentialing Ceremony

April 26

Transcript of an on-the-record press call by Domestic Policy Council education policy adviser Rob Goad on the President's Executive order titled "Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education"

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary D. Cohn

Transcript of a background briefing by a senior administration official on the President's first 100 days in office

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin on the President's Executive order titled "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs"

April 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's 100 Days of Accountability

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Stands Up for American-Made Aluminum

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump's 100 Days of Security and Safety Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Trump's Tax Principles

April 28

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., on the President's Executive order titled "Addressing Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses"

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump To Open Up America's Energy Potential

Statement by the Press Secretary on North Korea's missile test

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 99

April 29

Text of an op-ed by President Trump for the Washington Post: In My First 100 Days, I Kept My Promise to Americans

May 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017

Transcript of a press call by White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short with conservative media on Federal budget legislation

May 2

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Pre-Existing Confusion

May 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Readout of the President's meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority

May 4

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary: House Advances American Health Care Act

May 5

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 244

Readout of the President's May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull of Australia in New York City

May 6

Text of a readout of the meeting between National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Venezuelan National Assembly President Julio Borges of Venezuela

May 7

Statement by the Press Secretary congratulating President-elect Emmanuel Macron of France on his election victory

May 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 534

May 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary congratulating President-elect Moon Jae-in of South Korea on his election victory

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's decision to terminate and remove from office Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey, Jr.

Text of a letter to the President from Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III recommending the removal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey, Jr., from office

Text of a memorandum for Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III from Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein on restoring public confidence in the Federal Bureau of Investigation

May 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of a timeline of events leading to the President's decision to remove from office Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey, Jr.

May 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Announces Formation of Bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Integrity

May 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Protects America's Cyber Infrastructure Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 496

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Aetna Says Sayonara to Obamacare (published May 11)

May 13

Statement from the Press Secretary on North Korea's missile test

May 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

May 16

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 274

May 17

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 66

May 19

Statement by the Press Secretary: Fall 2017 White House Internship Program

May 20

Readout of the President's meeting with King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, and Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 21

Readout of the President's meeting with President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Advance text of the President's remarks at the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 22

Transcript of an off-camera briefing on the fiscal year 2018 budget by Office Of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney

Readout of the President's meeting with President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai of Afghanistan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 23

Transcript of a press briefing on the fiscal year 2018 budget by Office Of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney

Readout of the President's meeting with President Reuven Rivlin of Israel in Jerusalem

Readout of the President's May 22 meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem

Readout of the President's meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories

May 24

Readout of the President's meetings with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy in Rome, Italy

Readout of the President's meetings with Pope Francis and Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin of the Holy See in Vatican City

May 25

Statement by the Press Secretary on the terrorist attacks in the Mindanao Province, Philippines

Readout of the President's working lunch with President Emmanuel Macron of France in Brussels, Belgium

Readout of the President's meeting with President Donald Franciszek Tusk of the European Council and President Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium

Readout of the President's meetings with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde and with Prime Minister Charles Yvon Michel of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium

Text of an op-ed by Newton L. Gingrich for the Washington Post: The President Just Made a Titanic Foreign Policy Shift. The Media Missed It. (published May 24)

May 26

Statement by the Press Secretary: Trump Administration Keeps Its Promise: Begins Removing Violent Gang Members, Criminals, and Predators From American Communities

Readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in Taormina, Italy

Text of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement news release: Guatemalan Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography (released May 15)

May 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by White House Chief of Staff Reinhold R. "Reince" Priebus on the resignation of Michael Dubke as White House Communications Director.

May 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin

June 1

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Puts American Jobs First Statement by the Press Secretary on the U.S. Embassy in Israel

June 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency E. Scott Pruitt

Statement by the Press Secretary: Editorial Boards Praise President Trump's Paris Decision Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 419 and S. 583 June 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Principles for Reforming the U.S. Air Traffic Control System

Statement by the Press Secretary: Former Secretaries of Transportation Praise President Donald J. Trump's Air Traffic Control Reform Plan

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's decision not to assert executive privilege regarding former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey, Jr.'s scheduled testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee

Readout of National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster's telephone conversation with President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai of Afghanistan

June 6

Statement by the Press Secretary: Editorial Boards Praise President Donald J. Trump's Decision To Reform America's Outdated Air Traffic Control System

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 375 Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 366 June 7

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Works To Rebuild American Infrastructure

June 8

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary on the announcement by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Director of the National Economic Council Gary D. Cohn of the appointment of Everett H. Eissenstat as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: The Death of Obama's Slush Funds

June 12

Statement by the Press Secretary on Workforce Development Week

Text of a memorandum from Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta to members of the President's Cabinet: Expanding Apprenticeships in America

Excerpts of an interview with Assistant to the President Ivanka M. Trump on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program

June 13

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Cleaning Up the Superfund Mess

June 14

Statement by the Press Secretary on the 242d anniversary of the establishment of the United States Army

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 657

June 15

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Leads on Workforce Development

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America and the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta for the Des Moines Register: President Trump Knows: Apprenticeships Will Boost Wages and Fill Jobs (published June 14)

June 16

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications Michael N. Anton and a senior administration official

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's personal financial disclosure form Text of a Miami Herald editorial: Trump Right To Make Cuba Pay for Its Intransigence Fact sheet on Cuba Policy

June 19

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

June 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

June 21

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay E. Walters and Secretary of Agriculture George E. "Sonny" Perdue

Text of a Great Falls Tribune editorial: U.S. Beef Exports to China Will Be Good for Montana (published June 20)

Readout of a meeting in Jerusalem between White House Senior Adviser Jared C. Kushner, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel

Readout of a meeting in Ramallah, West Bank, between White House Senior Adviser Jared C. Kushner, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, and U.S. Consul General to Jerusalem Donald Blome and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority

June 22

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Text of an op-ed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit V. Pai for the New

Hampshire Union Leader: Tech Week: How the U.S. Can Win the Digital Future (published June

21)

Text of an article by Barney Jopson, Demetri Sevastopulo, and Ed Crooks of the Financial Times: Trump Looks To Lift LNG Exports in U.S. Trade Shift

June 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S.1094

Text of an article by Juliana Darrow of the National Review: Obamacare Failure Is on the Democrats

June 25

Statement from the Press Secretary on the terrorist attacks in Parachinar and Quetta, Pakistan

June 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: United States and India: Prosperity Through Partnership

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

Statement by the Press Secretary on potential preparations by the Syrian Government for conducting a chemical weapons attack

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price for the Deseret News: New Health Care Reforms Are Part of Careful Deliberation (published June 25)

Fact Sheet: The United States and IndiaâProsperity Through Partnership Advance text of remarks by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and

Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert at the Cyber Week 2017 conference in Tel Aviv, Israel

June 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Energy J. Richard Perry

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Unleashes America's Energy Potential

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 1083

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Energy J. Richard Perry, Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator E. Scott Pruitt for the Washington Times: Paving the Path to U.S. Energy Dominance (published June 26)

June 28

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas D. Homan, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah John W. Huber

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Taking Action Against Illegal Immigration

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price for the Wall Street Journal: ObamaCare's Victims Need Relief Now (published June 27)

June 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and National Economic Council Director Gary D. Cohn on the President's upcoming travel to Poland and Germany

Text of an op-ed by Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III for Fox News: Congress Must Pass Kate's Law and Make America Safer (published June 28)

June 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 1238

Text of an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial: Make VA Great Again (published June 29)

July 5

Text of a letter to the editor by Assistant to the President Ivanka M. Trump published in the Wall Street Journal: Ivanka Trump Replies on Paid Family Leave (published July 4)

July 6

Text of an op-ed by Piotr Wilczek for the Wall Street Journal: The Unbreakable Polish-American Bond (published July 5)

Text of an op-ed by Matthew Continetti for the Washington Free Beacon: President Trump's Remarkable Warsaw Speech

July 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin on the President's meetings at the Gâ20 summit in Hamburg, Germany

Readout of the President's meeting with President Enrique PeÃ±a Nieto of Mexico in Hamburg, Germany

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Trump's Defining Speech (published July 6)

July 8

Transcript of a press gaggle by National Economic Council Director Gary D. Cohn, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

July 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Nominations Face Needless Obstruction

Statement by the Press Secretary on the announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on declining issuer participation in the Health Insurance Marketplace under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Text of an article by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the Associated Press: Survey: U.S. Uninsured Up by 2M This Year as Gains Erode

Text of an article by Alex Swoyer of the Washington Times: Senate Democrats Hold Blue Slips, Delay Trump's Federal Judicial Nominees (published July 9)

July 11

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a background briefing by a senior administration official on the President's travel to France

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Running the Schumer Blockade (published July 10)

July 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: Victims of Illegal Immigration Urge the Senate To Pass Legislation To Save American Lives

Statement by the Press Secretary on the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Council of Economic Advisers analysis of the Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate for the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

Text of a Council of Economic Advisers memorandum to Special Assistant to the President for Health Care Policy Brian Blase on Medicaid savings under the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (dated July 11)

July 13

Statement by the Press Secretary: Donald J. Trump Administration Welcomes Israeli-Palestinian Deal To Implement the Red-Dead Water Agreement

Statement by the Press Secretary on the death of Liu Xiaobo

Statement from the Press Secretary on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule on making drugs more affordable for America's seniors

Text of an op-ed by National Economic Council Director Gary D. Cohn and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster for the New York Times: The Trump Vision for America Abroad

Text of an op-ed by Office of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney for the Wall Street Journal: Introducing MAGAnomics (published July 12)

Excerpts of the President's remarks in an exchange with reporters aboard Air Force One while en route to Paris, France

July 14

Transcript of a press gaggle by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

July 15

Statement by the Press Secretary on the terrorist attack in Jerusalem

Text of an op-ed by Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short and Special Assistant to the President for Health Care Policy Brian Blase for the Washington Post: The Fundamental Error in the CBOâs Health-Care Projections (published July 14)

July 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sean M. Spicer

Text of a Washington Times editorial: Restoration of the Judiciary Continues (published July 16)

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke for Fox News: Made in America: Promoting the All-American Outdoor Experience

July 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

July 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem

July 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Office of Management and Budget Director John M. "Mick" Mulvaney

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Six Months of America First

Text of an op-ed by Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Director Peter Navarro for USA Today: Trump White House: We're Seeing Strong Results

Text of an op-ed by Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka for The Hill: America Is Back With the First 6 Months of Trump

July 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and White House Communications Director-designate Anthony Scaramucci

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Appoints Anthony Scaramucci To Be White House Communications Director

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Accepts the Resignation of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Elevates Sarah Sanders to the Role of White House Press Secretary

Statement by the Press Secretary: List of Foreign Ambassadors Who Participated in Credentialing Ceremony

Statement by the Press Secretary on U.S. citizens detained in Iran

July 24

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin for USA Today: Veterans Affairs Secretary: VA Health Care Will Not Be Privatized on Our Watch

July 25

Statement by the Press Secretary on Israel's removal of metal detectors and cameras from the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Energy J. Richard Perry for Cleveland.com: Time To Discard the Burdens and Costs of Obamacare

July 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of a White House blog post: President Donald J. Trump To Donate Salary to the Department of Education

July 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Awards the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

Text of a Miami Herald editorial: Trump Administration Is Right To Sanction Maduro's Henchmen in Venezuela (published July 26)

Text of a joint statement on tax reform by Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul D. Ryan, Senate Majority Leader A. Mitchell McConnell, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary D. Cohn, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin

G. Hatch, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin P. Brady

July 28

Transcript of a press gaggle by White House Senior Adviser for Policy Stephen Miller

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's intention to sign into law H.R. 3364, the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act

July 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

Statement by the Press Secretary on the resignation of Anthony Scaramucci as White House Communications Director

Text of a Bloomberg View editorial: The FDA's War on (Expensive) Drugs

August 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., for the Wall Street Journal: Free- Trade is a Two-Way Street (published July 31)

August 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Senior Adviser for Policy Stephen Miller

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Backs RAISE Act Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for the RAISE Act Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3364

Text of a letter to the President from a 10-year-old boy named Frank from Falls Church, VA

August 3

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: More Praise for the RAISE Act

Text of a Washington Times editorial: A Good Start on Immigration Reform (published August 2)

August 4

Statement by the Press Secretary: Spring 2018 White House Internship Program Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3298

Text of an Investor's Business Daily editorial: Can 'Raise Act' Make Immigration Work for America Again? (published August 3)

August 5

Statement on United Nations Security Council passage of a resolution increasing sanctions against North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests

August 6

Text of an article by Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post: Under Trump, Gains Against ISIS Have "Dramatically Accelerated" (published August 4)

August 7

Text of an Investor's Business Daily editorial: Someone Just Noticed That Trump Is Getting Stuff Done (published August 4)

August 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price and Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on the opioid crisis

Text of a Washington Examiner editorial: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Chalk Up a Victory on North Korea and China (published August 7)

Text of an op-ed by Sens. Thomas B. Cotton and David A. Perdue, Jr., for USA Today: Our Immigration Plan Is Pro-Worker and Pro-Growth

August 9

Text of an article by Nathanial Gronewold of E&E News: U.S. Emerging as Powerful Force in LNG Trade

August 10

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Directs Administration To Use All Appropriate Authority To Respond to Opioid Emergency

August 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta and Secretary of Education Elisabeth P. DeVos on workforce development

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Venezuela, including President Nicolas Maduro Moros's request for a phone call with President Trump

August 12

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Stands With America's Veterans Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 114

August 14

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise President Donald J. Trump's Memorandum on Chinese Trade Practices

Statement by the Press Secretary on the elections in Kenya

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis and Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson for the Wall Street Journal: We're Holding Pyongyang to Account (published August 13)

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects American Intellectual Property

August 15

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works To Rebuild America's Infrastructure

August 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 2210 and H.R. 3218

Fact sheet: Donald J. Trump and Attorney General Sessions Stand Up Against Lawless Sanctuary Cities

August 17

Statement by the Press Secretary: United States Strikes Deal To Export Pork to Argentina Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Coal Makes a Comeback (published August 16) August 18

Statement by the Press Secretary on the resignation of Stephen K. Bannon as White House Chief Strategist

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 374, H.R. 510, H.R. 873, and H.R. 2430

August 19

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Kennedy Center Honors

August 20

Statement by the Press Secretary on the death of Jerry Lewis

August 21

Statement by the Press Secretary on the anniversary of the 2013 Syrian chemical weapons attack Excerpts of the President's address to the Nation on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia August 22

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, U.S. Immigration and

Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas D. Homan, and a senior administration official

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on the President's travel to Yuma, AZ

Statement by the Press Secretary on the deaths of U.S. servicemembers in the August 21 collision between the USS *John S. McCain *guided-missile destroyer and a merchant vessel

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 339

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 76

Text of an op-ed by Vice President Michael R. Pence for USA Today: Donald Trump's New American Strategy for Afghanistan Will Undo Past Failures (published August 21)

Text of an op-ed by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke for USA Today: Border Walls Work. Yuma Sector Proves It

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Visits Americans on the Frontlines Protecting Our Borders

August 23

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for Donald J. Trump's Commitment to Securing the Border

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: More Praise for Donald J. Trump's Commitment to Securing the Border

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate Majority Leader A. Mitchell McConnell Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 2288 August 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for President Donald J. Trump Signing the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017

Statement by the Press Secretary: New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner To Host Next Meeting of Bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

Text of an op-ed by Betsy McCaughey for the New York Post: Trump Is Not Backing Down on Trade (published August 22)

Text of an op-ed by National Security Council Chief of Staff J. Keith Kellogg, Jr., for Breitbart: Trump as Commander in Chief, Making the Hard Decisions (published August 23)

August 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on Venezuela Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio Statement by the Press Secretary on new financial sanctions against Venezuela Statement by the Press Secretary on Hurricane Harvey

Text of an op-ed by David Ignatius for the Washington Post: Could This Be a Game-Changer for Middle East Peace? (published August 24)

August 29

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda E. McMahon, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., and Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price

August 30

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Tackles Our Broken Tax System August 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Assistant to the

President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

September 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

September 4

Text of an op-ed by President Trump for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We Must Fix Our Self- Destructive Tax Code (published September 3)

September 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a background press call with local reporters by senior administration officials on the President's upcoming remarks on tax reform in Mandan, ND

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Restores Responsibility and the Rule of Law to Immigration

Statement from the Press Secretary on the President's meeting with congressional leaders and administration officials to discuss tax reform

September 6

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay E. Walters and White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short

Statement by the Press Secretary: Tax Reform Unleashes America's Economic Potential

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President and Mrs. Trump's personal donation to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts

Text of an article by Amy Dalrymple of the Bismarck Tribune: Area Business Leaders Eager To Hear Trump's Ideas on Tax Reform (published September 5)

September 7

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on North Korea

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for President Donald J. Trump's Address on Tax Reform in North Dakota

September 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's signing of H.R. 601 Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 601 September 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Burma

September 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3732 September 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's decision regarding Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

Readout of the White House Forum on State and Federal Relations

September 14

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay E. Walters and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser John J. Daly, Jr.

Statement by the Press Secretary on House of Representatives passage of the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S.J. Res. 49

September 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki R. Haley

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Kurdistan Regional Government's proposed referendum Statement by the Press Secretary on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 624 and S. 1616

September 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and State Department Director of Policy Planning Brian H. Hook

Readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in New York City

September 19

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for President Donald J. Trump's Address to the U.N. General Assembly

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump at the United Nations General Assembly: Outlining an America First Foreign Policy

Readout of the President's September 18 working dinner with President Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia of Brazil, President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon of Colombia, President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama, and Vice President Gabriela Michetti of Argentina in New York City

Readout of the President's September 18 meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with United Nations Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres and luncheon with world leaders in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar in New York City

September 20

Statement by the Press Secretary: The White House Announces the 2017â2018 Class of White House Fellows

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Editorial Boards and Commentators Praise President Donald J. Trump's Address to the U.N. General Assembly

Statement by the Press Secretary on hurricane response and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Text of a New York Post editorial: Tough, Proud, and Honest: Trump at the U.N. (published September 19)

Readout of the President's meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in New York City

September 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin

Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki R. Haley

Readout of the President's September 20 meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in New York City

Readout of the President's September 20 working luncheon with African leaders in New York City

Readout of the President's September 20 meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom in New York City

Readout of the President's September 20 meeting with President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai of Afghanistan in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine in New York City

Readout of the President's working lunch with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in New York City

Readout of the President's meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in New York City

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Increases Pressure To Cut Off Funding for North Korea

September 22

Statement by the Press Secretary: The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities' 2017 HBCU All-Stars

Joint readout of the September 21 meeting between President Trump and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in New York City

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., for the Washington Post: These NAFTA Rules Are Killing Our Jobs (published September 21)

September 23

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: ObamaCare's Tax on the Poor (published September 22)

September 24

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Announces Enhanced National Security Measures

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens Security Standards for Traveling to America

Statement by the Press Secretary: FAQ: Proclamation on Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public- Safety Threats

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price and Kellyanne Conway for City & State PA: All Hands Needed on Deck To Turn the Tide Against the Opioid Crisis (published September 23)

Fact sheet: Proclamation on Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats

September 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a press call by Assistant to the President Ivanka M. Trump, Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives Reed Cordish, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Jason Botel on the memorandum on increasing access to high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

Statement by the Press Secretary: Expanding Access to High Quality STEM and Computer Science Education Provides More Pathways to Good Jobs

September 26

Transcript of a background press call with regional reporters previewing the President's tax reform event in Indianapolis, IN

Statement by the Press Secretary on Saudi Arabia's decision to affirm the right of women to drive

September 27

Statement by the Press Secretary: Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Puts Americans First in Tax Relief

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Widespread Praise for President Trump's Unified Framework for Tax Reform

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3110

Text: Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code (prepared by the administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance)

September 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, National Economic Council Directory Gary D. Cohn, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise Continues To Roll in for President Trump's Unified Framework for Tax Reform

September 29

Transcript of a background press call by a senior administration official on the President's "Cut the Red TAPE" event

Statement by the Press Secretary: The Unified Tax Relief Framework Will Bring Jobs and Businesses Home

Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S. Manufacturers Continue To Have Record High Optimism About the Economy

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Taking a Responsible and Humanitarian Approach on Refugees

Statement by the Press Secretary on the resignation of Thomas E. Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services and the designation of Don J. Wright as Acting Secretary

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3819 and S. 1866 Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 3823

Text: Manufacturers' Outlook Survey Third Quarter 2017 (released by the National Association of Manufacturers)

Text of a letter to the President from Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas E. Price offering his resignation

October 1

Statement by the Press Secretary on the September 30 terrorist attacks in Edmonton, Canada

October 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

October 3

Transcript of a press gaggle by President Trump, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer A. GonzÃ¡lez-ColÃ³n, and Small Business Administration Administrator Linda E. McMahon

Statement by the Press Secretary on the death of former President Jalal Talabani of Iraq

October 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary on the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution

Text of an op-ed by Vice President Michael R. Pence for the Wall Street Journal: America Will Return to the MoonâAnd Go Beyond (published October 4)

October 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 2519, S. 327, S. 810, and S. 1141

October 8

Statement by the Press Secretary: Trump Administration Immigration Policy Priorities

Statement by the Press Secretary: Establish Merit-Based Reforms To Promote Assimilation and Financial Success

Statement by the Press Secretary: Enforce Immigration Laws Across the United States

Statement by the Press Secretary: Secure the Border by Deterring and Swiftly Removing Illegal Entrants

Text of a White House report: Immigration Principles and Policies

October 9

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise From the President's Cabinet for the New Immigration Priorities

October 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a background regional press call by a senior administration official previewing the President's tax reform speech in Pennsylvania

October 11

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Supports Tax Reform for Hardworking Americans

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying About President Trump's DHS Secretary Announcement

October 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly

Transcript of a press call by Domestic Policy Council Director Andrew P. Bremberg, Special Assistant to the President for Health Care Policy Brian Blase, Counselor to the Secretary of Labor Paul Ray, Center of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Director Randy Pate, and Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy David J. Kautter previewing the Executive order titled "Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States"

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Iran (embargoed until October 13)

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Taking Action To Improve Access, Increase Choices, and Lower Costs for Healthcare

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's New Strategy on Iran (embargoed until October 13)

Statement by the Press Secretary on House of Representatives action on disaster relief funding for Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other areas

Statement by the Press Secretary on cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance companies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

October 13

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for President Donald J. Trump's New Strategy on Iran

October 16

Statement by the Press Secretary: CEA Report: Corporate Tax Reform and WagesâTheory and Evidence

Text of a Council of Economic Advisers report: Corporate Tax Reform and Wages: Theory and Evidence

Statement by the Press Secretary on the October 14 terrorist attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia

October 17

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Fights for Higher Wages for Hardworking Americans

Statement by the Press Secretary on a U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii decision regarding the President's proclamation titled "Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats"

October 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of an on-the-record press call by Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin A. Hassett on corporate tax reform and wages

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 178, S. 652, and H.R. 1117

October 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate passage of the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution

October 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary on military justice

October 22

Text of an op-ed by President Trump for USA Today: With Tax Reform We Can Make It Morning in America Again

October 23

Transcript of a background press briefing by a senior administration official on the President's upcoming travel to Asia

October 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Recognizes Minority-Owned Businesses

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate passage of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate passage of H.J. Res. 111

October 25

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Making American Aviation Great Again

October 26

Transcript of remarks by First Lady Melania Trump on combating drug demand and the opioid crisis

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on the President's remarks on combating drug demand and the opioid crisis

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials on the release documents from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Taking Action on Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Statement by the Press Secretary: Administration Announces Accelerated Completion of Herbert Hoover Dike

Statement by the Press Secretary on congressional passage of the fiscal year 2018 joint budget resolution

Statement by the Press Secretary on the release of documents from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 2266 and S. 585

Text of an op-ed by Vice President Michael R. Pence for the Denver Post: Colorado Needs a Tax Cut, and Trump's Plan Will Deliver (published October 25)

October 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a press call by Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin A. Hassett on the CEA report titled "The Growth Effects of Corporate Tax Reform and Implications for Wages"

Statement by the Press Secretary: CEA Report: The Growth Effects of Corporate Tax Reform and Implications for Wages

Text of a Council of Economic Advisers report: The Growth Effects of Corporate Tax Reform and Implications for Wages

Statement by the Press Secretary: Tax Cuts and Tax Relief Will Put the American Economy in High-Gear

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Support for President Donald J. Trump Taking Action on Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

October 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

October 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a background briefing by senior administration officials on the President's upcoming travel to Asia

Statement by the Press Secretary: The White House Releases the Official Portraits of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence

Text of an op-ed by Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Luis G. Rivera-MarÃn of Puerto Rico for the Miami Herald: FEMA Is a Powerful Partner in Puerto Rico's Recovery (published October 30)

November 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary on the final report of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 111

November 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 1329, H.R. 1616, H.R. 2989, S. 190, S. 504, S. 920, and S. 1617

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 782

November 3

Transcript of a background conference call by a senior administration official on the President's travel to Asia

Statement by the Press Secretary 2018â2019 White House Fellowship

Text of a New York Post editorial: This Is the Tax-Cut Plan America Needs (published November 2)

November 4

Statement by the Press Secretary on the anniversary of the birth of the founder of Sikhism

November 5

Transcript of a background press briefing by a senior administration official on the President's travel to Tokyo, Japan

November 6

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Visit to Japan Strengthens the United States-Japan Alliance and Economic Partnership

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's summit meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan

Readout of the First Lady's travel to Japan

November 7

Statement by the Press Secretary: National Day for the Victims of Communism

November 8

Transcript of a background conference call by senior administration officials on the President's Cuba policy

Transcript of a press gaggle by a senior administration official

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's travel to South Korea

Statement by the Press Secretary on missile attacks by Houthi militia groups in Yemen against Saudi Arabia

Statement by the Press Secretary on the use of chemical weapons in Syria

Text of a South Korea-U.S. joint press release: President Donald J. Trump's State Visit to the Republic of Korea

Text of an op-ed by Vice President Michael R. Pence for USA Today: It Has Been a Year of Accomplishments

November 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Putting Our Veterans First Statement by the Press Secretary on House of Representatives action on tax reform legislation Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate action on tax reform legislation

Text of an op-ed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin for the Hill: Honoring Veterans Day by Making Progress for Veterans

November 10

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and senior administration officials

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Visit to China Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump's Visit to China

November 11

Transcript of a background press call by a senior administration official on the President's travel to Vietnam and the Philippines

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Participation in the 25th Annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting and 2017 APEC CEO Summit

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Lebanon

November 12

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Trip to Vietnam

November 13

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Support for President Trump's Nominee for HHS Secretary Alex Azar

Readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull of Australia and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan

Readout of the President's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India

Text of a New York Post editorial: Turns Out Trump Didn't Ruin America's Economy (published November 11)

November 14

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Trip to the Philippines

Text of an op-ed by Brian Lonergan for the Hill: America Has Seen Enough Tragedies Result From Its Open Borders

November 15

Statement by the Press Secretary: America Recycles Day

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying on the President's Foreign Policy Remarks

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Ruling Out the ABA on Judges (published November 14)

Text of an op-ed by Betsy McCaughey for the New York Post: Democrats Are Trying To Block Trump's Judge Picks With Vile, Hypocritical Smears (published November 14)

Text of an article by Andrew Tangel and Josh Zumbrun for the Wall Street Journal: U.S. Manufacturing Rides Rising Tide, Buoyed by Global Growth, Optimism

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump's Visit to Asia Advanced America First Priorities

November 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary on House of Representatives passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Cambodia

Text of an op-ed by Alex Hendrie for the Hill: Passing Tax Reform Will Prove GOP Is Serious in Its Commitments to Americans

Text of an op-ed by Bernie Marcus for the Hill: Tax Bills Give Small Businesses Plenty To Be Thankful For

November 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a background press call by a senior administration official on the hurricane emergency recovery supplemental request to Congress

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Supreme Court List

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Announces Five Additions to Supreme Court List

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate action on tax reform legislation

Statement from the Press Secretary on Russia's veto of the renewal of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 304 and H.R. 3031

Text of a Washington Examiner editorial: You Should Want To Cut Business Taxes; After All, It's You Who Has To Pay Them

Text of an article by Reid Wilson for the Hill: Unemployment Rate Hit Record Low in 13 States This Year

November 20

Statement by the Press Secretary: The Crisis Next Door: President Donald J. Trump Is Confronting an Opioid Crisis More Severe Than Original Expectations

Statement by the Press Secretary: CEA Report: The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis

Text of a Council of Economic Advisers report: The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis

Text of an Investor's Business Daily editorial: The Coming Tax-Cut Boom (published November 18)

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Reducing Corporate Tax Games (published November 19)

November 21

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 194, H.R. 1545, H.R. 1679, H.R. 3243, and H.R. 3949

Text of an op-ed by Senator David A. Perdue, Jr., for NBC News: The Simple Truth About Americaâs Awful Tax Code I Learned as a Fortune 500 CEO (published November 20)

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: North Korea, Terror Sponsor (published November 20)

November 24

Statement by the Press Secretary on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen Statement by the Press Secretary on the terrorist attack in Egypt November 25

Statement by the Press Secretary on Pakistan's release of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist organization

leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed from house arrest.

November 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Statement on Director Mulvaney's Status as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Text of a memorandum from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau General Counsel Mary E. McLeod to the CFPB senior leadership team on the Acting Director of the CFPB (dated November 25)

Text of a memorandum from Assistant Attorney General Steven A. Engel to Counsel to the President Donald F. McGahn II on designating an Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (dated November 25)

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: Tax Reform, Growth, and the Deficit (published November 26)

Text of an op-ed by Robert J. Barro, George P. Shultz, and John B. Taylor for the Wall Street Journal: How Tax Reform Will Lift the Economy (published November 26)

Text of an op-ed by Senator Randal H. Paul for Fox News: Here's Why I Plan To Vote for the Senate Tax Bill (And My Colleagues Should Step Up)

November 28

Transcript of a background call by a senior administration official to regional reporters on the President's tax reform speech in Missouri

Statement from the Press Secretary on Senate action on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Text of an Investor's Business Daily editorial: The Latest Tax Cut Lie: The Senate Bill Will Hurt the Poor (published November 27)

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: America's New Energy Diplomacy (published November 27)

Text of an op-ed by Bernie Marcus for the Hill: GOP Should Unite for Legacy Tax-Reform Vote

November 29

Transcript of a press gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj S. Shah

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Is Giving Small Businesses a Boost

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Promotes American Entrepreneurship

Text of an op-ed by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel for the Washington Examiner: Democrats Were for Tax Reform Before They Were Against It

Text of an article by Adam Shell for USA Today: Dow Posts Biggest Gain in 3 Months on Tax Overhaul Optimism (published November 28)

Text of an op-ed by Alexander Bolton for the Hill: Trump Opens GOP Eyes on Tax Reform

Text of an article by Ben Leubsdorf and Sarah Chaney for Dow Jones Newswires: U.S. GDP Growth Revised up to 3.3% Rate in Third Quarter

November 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric D. Hargan

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Praise for President Trump's Tax Reform Speech in Missouri

Statement by the Press Secretary on National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster's meeting with Foreign Ministers from the Western Balkans

Text of an op-ed by the RATE Coalition for CNBC: An Open Letter to Congress Signed by 137 Economists Supporting GOP Tax Reform Bill (published November 29)

Text of an op-ed by Michael D. Fryt and Pete Sepp for the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Tax Reform Makes America Competitive Again

December 1

Statement from the Press Secretary on the verdict in the Kathryn Steinle case

December 2

Statement by the Press Secretary on Senate passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

December 4

Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary J. Hogan Gidley

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump Stands With Local Communities Against Government Overreach on Land Management

Text of a Washington Examiner editorial: Democrats' Straw Man Fights Tax Cuts

Text of a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial: Economy Showing Major Progress Under President Donald Trump (published December 2)

Text of an op-ed by Sen. A. Mitchell McConnell for the Wall Street Journal: Tax Reform: What's in It for You (published December 3)

December 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: The President's Speech in Salt Lake City, UT

Statement by the Press Secretary: Summer 2018 White House Internship Program

Text of an op-ed by Ethan Lane for the Hill: Trump Really Will Shrink Government, Starting With National Monuments (published December 4)

December 6

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Donald J. Trump's Proclamation on Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: The Right Move on Monuments (published December 5)

December 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of an op-ed by Adam Michel for the National Interest: Families Across America Can Expect a Tax Cut (published December 6)

December 8

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Yemen

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.J. Res. 123

Text of an op-ed by Jeffrey Kupfer for Fox News: Modernizing the Tax Code Will Provide a Long-Term Boost to the American Economy and to Middle-Class Workers

December 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Text of a Wall Street Journal editorial: The Economy Revs Up (published December 8)

Text of an op-ed for USA Today by F.H. Buckley: GOP Tax Bill Is Good for Middle-Class Americans (published December 10)

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Will Make America a Leader in Space Exploration Again

December 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Statement by the Press Secretary: State and Local Leaders Push for Tax Reform

Statement by the Press Secretary: What They Are Saying: Support for President Trump's Signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 2810 and H.R. 4374

Text of a letter to Senate Majority Leader A. Mitchell McConnell and Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul D. Ryan from 21 Governors in support of tax reform legislation (dated December 7)

Text of a Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial: Bottom Line, GOP Tax Reform's Good for the Middle Class (published December 11)

Text of an op-ed by Armstrong Williams for the Hill: Passing Tax Reform Is a Task That Shouldn't Be Taxing

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Will Make the American Military Great Again

December 13

Statement by the Press Secretary on the resignation of White House Office of Public Liaison Communications Director Omarosa Manigault Newman

Text of an op-ed by Alfredo Ortiz for RealClearPolitics: Tax Bill Is Christmas Present Americans Have Been Waiting For

December 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi J. Rao on the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

Transcript of a background press call by a senior administration official previewing the redesign of the whitehouse.gov website

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Is Delivering on Deregulation

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump's Year of Regulatory Reform and Environmental Protection at the EPA

December 15

Statement by the Press Secretary on the tax bill conference report

Text of a New York Post editorial: Time To Get the Tax Cut Over the Finish Line (published December 14)

December 18

Transcript of a background press call by senior administration officials previewing the President's National Security Strategy

Text of the 2017 National Security Strategy

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces a National Security Strategy To Advance America's Interests

December 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas P. Bossert and Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cybersecurity and Communication Jeanette Manfra on the attribution of the WannaCry malware attack to North Korea

Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump's First Year of Foreign Policy Accomplishments

December 20

Statement by the Press Secretary: Cabinet Meeting Marks Tremendous Year of Progress

Text of charts highlighting 2017 accomplishments by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Homeland Security

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Trump Commutes Sentence of Sholom Rubashkin Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 1266

Fact sheet: The Tax Cuts Act Follows Through on President Donald J. Trump's Promise of Middle Class Tax Cuts

December 21

Transcript of a background press briefing by senior administration officials on the President's accomplishments during his first year in office

Statement by the Press Secretary on Saudi Arabia's announcement regarding humanitarian aid to Yemen

Fact sheet: Under President Donald J. Trump, Americans Are Getting Back to Work

December 22

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 1370 and H.R. 1 Fact sheet: President Donald J. Trump: Year One of Making America Great Again December 28

Statement by the Press Secretary on the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

December 29

Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Drug Policy Office Releases Commission Report Reaction Documents

Text: Trump Administration Response to the Final Recommendations of the President's Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Text: The Opioids Crisis: Trump Administration Response

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential election in Liberia Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Iran

December 31

Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation in Iran