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Brief, Robust Daily White House Press Briefing

April Ryan
May 7, 2018

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the press briefing at the White House, Monday, May 7, 2018, in Washington. Sanders said the White House has compete confidence in Gina Haspel, Preisdent Trump’s nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The White House daily briefing was short, but the topics were robust including the 3.9% unemployment rate, job creation, the US economy, CIA nominee Gina Haspel, and Rudy Giuliani.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan