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Petter Eide, a member of  Norway's Socialist Left Party who sits in the Norwegian Parliament, has nominated Black Lives Matter (BLM) for the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Eide, "To carry forward a movement of racial justice and to spread that to other countries is very, very important. Black Li

The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights that we as citizens can exercise. Yet the system is broken.

Nine Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives who will prosecute former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial will argue that he pointed a mob "like a loaded cannon" toward the Capitol shortly before a deadly Jan. 6 rampage, the lawmakers said in a brief...

There has always been a stigma surrounding mental health. Though mental health awareness has increased due to our communal suffering during the pandemic,

Myanmar's army took control on Monday, bottom right and top right, and detained de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.. Biden, left, has threatened to impose sanctions against the country.

The San Francisco public school arts department — whose board decided last week to rename 44 schools that honored figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington — have decided to take on the…

JIm Watson/GettyIf you’re a reporter with a tough question for the White House press secretary, Joe Biden’s staff wouldn’t mind knowing about it in advance.According to three sources with knowledge of the matter, as well as written communications reviewed by The Daily Beast, the new president’s communications staff have already on occasion probed reporters to see what questions they plan on asking new White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when called upon during briefings.The requests prompted concerns among the White House press corps, whose members, like many reporters, are sensitive to the perception that they are coordinating with political communications staffers.One reporter raised the issue during an informal White House Correspondents Association Zoom call last Friday. According to multiple sources, leaders at the meeting advised print reporters to push back against requests by the White House press team to learn of questions in advance, or simply to not respond to the Biden team’s inquiries.“While it’s a relief to see briefings return, particularly with a commitment to factual information, the press can't really do its job in the briefing room if the White House is picking and choosing the questions they want,” one White House correspondent said. “That's not really a free press at all.”“It pissed off enough reporters for people to flag it for the [WHCA] for them to deal with it,” another knowledgeable source said.Both Sides Sharpen Their Carving Knives for Biden's COVID Relief PlanThe WHCA Zoom call was off the record, and Daily Beast staffers participated in the talk. Those staffers had no input into this story whatsoever. The reporter who wrote this story was not bound by the terms of the call’s agreement. All of the information in this article was independently gathered, and without his colleagues’ knowledge.Since Biden took office two weeks ago, the White House press team has visibly attempted to draw contrasts with the Trump press team, which had a notoriously antagonistic relationship with reporters and eventually scrapped the traditional daily briefing altogether.Psaki has pleased many members of the press pool by ensuring that the reporters in attendance aren’t doing so in vain. In each of the early press conferences, she’s fielded questions from every reporter in the room. During her first presser, Psaki promised to restore regular briefings, including those with top administration health officials, adding that she had a “deep respect for the role of a free and independent press,” and that they shared “a common goal, which is sharing accurate information with the American people.”Biden’s press team did not deny that staffers had solicited questions from reporters. But the White House contended that it has tried to foster a better relationship with the press corps than the previous administration, and has tried to reach out to reporters directly in order to avoid appearing to dodge questions during briefings.“Our goal is to make the daily briefing as useful and informative as possible for both reporters and the public,” a White House spokesperson said. “Part of meeting that objective means regularly engaging with the reporters who will be in the briefing room to understand how the White House can be most helpful in getting them the information they need. That two-way conversation is an important part of keeping the American people updated about how government is serving them.”This practice isn’t totally unheard-of in previous administrations, departments, or federal agencies. For instance, former President Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was known to have asked certain news outlets about their questions in advance of some major or high-profile Trump press conferences or events, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Communications staffers during the Bush and Obama years would ask reporters for the gist of questions in advance if they wanted to interview Cabinet secretaries.Biden Team Recruiting Outside Firms to Help Boost COVID-19 Vaccine ManufacturingUnder previous administrations, many White House reporters would meet informally in the morning for gaggles with the press secretaries. During these interactions, White House communications staff could get a sense of the topics reporters were interested in that day, and would come prepared for questions during televised briefings later in the afternoon.Eric Schultz, a former deputy press secretary in the Obama White House, said that the new comms team was restoring normalcy to the briefing process. Finding out what reporters are focusing on, he said, was standard procedure in most pre-Trump White Houses in order to reduce the number of questions that go unanswered during televised briefings.“This is textbook communications work. The briefing becomes meaningless if the press secretary has to repeatedly punt questions, instead of coming equipped to discuss what journalists are reporting on,” he said. “In a non-covid environment, this would happen in casual conversations throughout the day in lower and upper press. One of the few upsides to reporters hovering over your desk all day, is that you get a very quick sense of what they’re working on.”Despite concerns some reporters had with the Biden team’s behind-the-scenes queries, Psaki’s tenure thus far has received positive reviews from many media outlets. The Washington Post told readers to get ready for a “reality-grounded” press briefings, which Forbes has already described as “must-see TV.” The New York Times noted that she had extended an “olive branch” to reporters during her first briefing, which Vox described as a “breath of fresh air.”—With additional reporting by Asawin Suebsaeng.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

According to The Daily Beast, President Biden’s communications team has asked reporters what questions they plan to ask White House Press Secretary Jen

Two FBI agents were killed Tuesday morning and three others were wounded while trying to serve a search warrant at a home in Sunrise, Fla., in a child pornography case, the FBI confirmed to Fox News. 

Many schools across B.C. marked Black Shirt Day this past January on their own, despite organizers missing the deadline for the province to make an official declaration.

District attorneys implementing liberal agendas in some of America’s biggest cities oversaw soaring homicide counts last year and are now being hit with lawsuits and recriminations from police agencies.

A Proud Boys supporter in New York accused of posting violent threats on the social media network Parler. A Colorado

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Hollywood actress Sophia Bush said on Twitter she supports labeling some in the GOP as "the terrorist right."

David Schoen, the newly appointed impeachment defense attorney, said he believes Democrats are using the impeachment process as a "weapon" to go after former President Donald Trump in an attempt to bar him from running for office again.

Thirteen Republicans joined a letter demanding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apologize for accusing Sen. Ted Cruz of “attempted murder.”

The petty totalitarians of the Lincoln Project once made lists of Trump staff and supporters for retribution. Now they are the targets.

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Here is a list of all the Democrats who backed efforts to keep schools closed while taking thousands from teacher unions.

After Republicans refused $2K stimulus checks, a politically costly move, they tossed out convictions to talk to Biden about his $1.9 trillion proposal.

A new, eyebrow-raising report suggests the White House communications team has attempted to screen questions for press secretary Jen Psaki in advance of daily briefings, as media watchdogs caution that the Biden team will have to walk a fine line given the way reporters treated President Trump's spokespeople.

President Joe Biden will overhaul the US immigration process today in a series of executive orders to reverse Donald Trump's 'failed' policies.