Bedingfield, Kate
White House Communications Director, Set to Depart, Decides to Stay
WASHINGTON — At this point in an administration, with the president’s poll numbers in the tank and a daunting midterm election on the horizon, the usual staff news around the White House is a roster of who is leaving. But in an unusual twist, the news on Friday was who is not leaving after all. […]
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White House Communications Director Plans to Step Down
WASHINGTON — Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, will step down from her position this summer, White House aides said on Wednesday, marking the latest departure of a senior adviser from the Biden administration. Ms. Bedingfield is a longtime aide to President Biden who helped shape the messaging strategy for his campaign and during […]
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Biden’s Low-Key Media Strategy Draws Allies’ Concern
As president, Donald J. Trump was a media maximalist whose unavoidable-for-comment style helped generate saturation news coverage, for better or worse. President Biden has taken a stingier approach to his dealings with the press — and not all his allies believe it’s working out. After nine months in office, Mr. Biden has conducted roughly a […]
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