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White House national security spokesman John Kirby had a fiery exchange with an Al Jazeera reporter over the popularity of the Biden administration's recent actions in the Middle East. At Monday's press briefing, Al Jazeera correspondent Kimberly Halkett began by pressing Kirby over whether President Biden had the authorization to launch attacks on the Houthi rebels in Yemen without congressional approval, following the terror group's escalation against U.S. troops and cargo ships in the region. Kirby responded by saying Biden has the authority under Article II of the Constitution to take such military actions and repeatedly insisted he is not...

Two years after “yanny or laurel” reached the White House, the executive mansion was consumed Tuesday with debate about whether a journalist called White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany a “lying bitch.” Kimberly Halkett of Al Jazeera denies swearing and says she told McEnany, “OK, you don’t want to engage.” But journalists and political aides replayed the tape repeatedly Tuesday, straining to hear what Halkett muttered after a heated exchange.

A debate is raging on social media among Trump supporters who swear a White House reporter called White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany a "lying b---h." Your auntie heard the press conference live on Tuesday, and I heard the tense exchange between McEnany and Al Jazeera English correspondent Kimberly Halkett. Halkett asked McEnany about President Trump's plans to stop Russian interfere in the elections in November. McEnany read a list of the Trump administration's plans - some already in effect - to fight back against foreign interference. Halkett interrupted McEnany several times as she read the list. McEnany ended by...