The President has multiple avenues for sharing information with the press, and different Presidents use them to varying extents. The table below reflects those interactions, grouped into two categories: “Solo conferences” and “Joint conferences.” In a Solo conference the President interacts with reporters alone. A Joint conference includes a televised interaction with one or more foreign heads of state. In a JFK-style televised event, the President is able to answer questions submitted by the press in advance of the event.
In this episode:
Rep. Doug LaMalfa gets an earful from town hall attendees about his vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Epstein files and Trump’s tariffs harming California farmers. Plus, DC Council chair Phil Mendelson talks about soaring crime, while statistics show that violent crimes are down in the nation’s capital.
And 10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples, Houston Public Media politics and government reporter Andrew Schneider reports on Texas Democrats continuing to defy Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP in their fight to protect their congressional districts from a redistricting plan.
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