Mary Ann Akers

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | April Ryan |Mary Ann Akers |Emell Derra Adolphus

For 111 years, 19 presidents have wrestled with a free and independent press up close: the White House press corps—of which I am one. We come to this job as competitors from different media outlets but work together to focus on the same goal: to report any and all things presidential. For those 111 years, journalists reported without fear or favor and an adversarial relationship between presidents and reporters remained civil and intact.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Mary Ann Akers |David Gardner |Juliegrace Brufke

When a House Democrat from Houston died suddenly early Wednesday, he left his party bereft, grieving a lost colleague and missing a critically needed vote amid high stakes and tough math. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who was 70, was a freshman who was sworn into Congress two months ago after serving as mayor of Houston. He died overnight after attending Donald Trump’s lengthy, record-shattering address to a joint session of Congress.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Mary Ann Akers |Nandika Chatterjee |Maurício Alencar |Martha Mercer

President Donald Trump’s scheduled address to a bipartisan joint session of Congress on Tuesday may look and feel like a MAGA rally. The first lady’s box will represent the Trump-Vance campaign’s most iconic moments and promises—an assassination attempt, border crackdowns, deportations, transgenderism, and Russia.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Isabel van Brugen |Sean Craig |Janna Brancolini |Mary Ann Akers

Federal workers may be forced to respond to a second wave of controversial productivity emails set to be sent on Saturday if they want to keep their jobs, The Washington Post has . The emails, sent by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk’s leadership, demand that federal employees submit a five-bullet summary of their weekly accomplishments.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | William Vaillancourt |Sean Craig |Mary Ann Akers

Elon Musk falsely accused prominent lawyer and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen of leading a “crime family” after he discovered a woman with the same last name who worked for an organization that accepted funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen. On X, Musk amplified a post which falsely stated that Tamar, an employee of the nonprofit National Democratic Institute, was the CNN personality’s daughter.