Biden White House holds final press briefing

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday held the last of 537 press briefings during the Biden administration, delivering emotional remarks from the podium and acknowledging the role of a free press in democracy.

Jean-Pierre told reporters gathered in the briefing room that the Biden White House held 537 briefings, and that she personally conducted 306 of them. There are no further on-camera briefings scheduled during Biden’s final few days in office.

“We had the first...