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This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Monday Schedule*

9:00 a.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief

5:00 p.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT and The Vice President receive a briefing from National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials and preview the first images from the Webb Space Telescope | South Court Auditorium

VPOTUS’ Monday Schedule*

11:00 a.m. EDT- THE VICE PRESIDENT will give remarks at the President’s event commemorating the historic achievement of the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; THE SECOND GENTLEMAN will also attend | South Lawn

5:00 p.m. EDT, the President and the Vice President will receive a briefing from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials and preview the first images from the Webb Space Telescope | South Court Auditorium

White House Press Briefing Schedule*

3:45 p.m. EDT – Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre | James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

*The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS) daily schedules are subject to change, as is the White House press briefing schedule.

Recap of Thursday-Sunday, July 7-10, 2022

Note: All colored text denotes hyperlinks.

The White House

July 10

  • Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle
  • Press Release:  ICYMI | Commerce Secretary Raimondo Exposes Sen. McConnell’s Blockade Against Lower Prices

July 9

  • Statement by President Joe Biden on the Occasion of Eid al-Adha

July 8

  • Statement by President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Mourning Former Prime Minister Abe
  • Readout of President Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan
  • Remarks by President Biden Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • Remarks by Vice President Harris During Roundtable Discussion with State Legislators on Reproductive Rights
  • Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Meeting with State Legislators on Reproductive Rights
  • Press Release:  What They Are Saying | President Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
  • Press Release:  What They Are Reading in the States | President Biden’s Actions to Protect Worker Pensions, Create Jobs & Honor America’s Heroes
  • Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
  • Transcript:  Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
  • Press Release:  President Biden Announces Sixteenth Operation Fly Formula Mission
  • Remarks by President Biden on Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services
  • Disaster Declaration:  President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Minnesota Disaster Declaration
  • Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
  • Proclamation on the Death of Abe Shinzo
  • Statement by President Biden on the June Jobs Report
  • Statement by President Biden on the Killing of Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo
  • Fact Sheet:  President Biden to Sign Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services

July 7

  • Statement from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Retirement of United States Secret Service Director Jim Murray
  • Transcript:  Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
  • Press Release:  Biden Administration Announces Nearly $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Improving Airport Terminals across U.S.

Department of Defense (DOD)

July 9

  • Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III’s Call with Japanese Minister of Defense KISHI Nobuo

July 8

  • Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (re: former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe)
  • Press Release:  $400 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
  • Fact Sheet:  U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
  • Transcript:  Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing (UKR)
  • Transcript:  Senior Military Official Holds a Background Briefing (UKR)
  • Article:  Precision Artillery Rounds Included in Latest Security Assistance Package to Ukraine
  • Article:  Ukraine Holding Its Own Against Major World Military Power, U.S. Official Says
  • Press Release:  DOD Establishes First Learning Agenda for Security Cooperation
  • Contracts for July 8, 2022

July 7

  • Press Release:  Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance – Revision 1
  • Publication:  Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance – Revision 1
  • Article:  Team Investigating Racial Disparity in Military Justice Embarks on Installation Visits
  • Contracts for July 9, 2022

Department of State

Daily Schedule | Monday, July 11

July 10

  • Statement | U.S.-Thailand Communiqué on Strategic Alliance and Partnership
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha before their Meeting
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai before their Meeting
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai Remarks to the Press
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken before Meeting with U.S. Exchange Alumni
  • Readout | Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim’s Meeting with Japanese General Director Funakoshi and Republic of Korea Special Representative Kim
  • Statement | Joint Statement on Support for North Macedonia Opening EU Accession Negotiations
  • Advisory | Assistant Secretary Noyes’ Travel to Uganda and Geneva
  • Advisory | Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Poland
  • Statement | The Bahamas Independence Day

July 9

  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Before Their Meeting
  • Advisory | Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Bali, Bangkok, and Tokyo (July 6-11)
  • Fact Sheet | The United States-Thailand Relationship
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Manalo
  • Statement | $400 million in New U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine
  • Statement | Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Ukraine
  • Statement | Joint Statement on Support for North Macedonia Opening EU Accession Negotiations
  • Statement | Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Approves the Thematic Assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species
  • Sanctions | Announcement of Visa Restrictions Against Cuban Officials
  • Statement | South Sudan National Day
  • Statement | Argentina’s Independence Day

July 8

  • Statement | The Passing of Former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Trilateral Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin before their Meeting
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi before their Meeting
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar before their Meeting
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Transatlantic Quad Foreign Ministers
  • Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister Cafiero
  • Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero before their Meeting
  • Statement | U.S. Department of State Paid Student Internship Program Spring Cycle Now Open
  • Statement | On the Occasion of Eid al-Adha
  • Statement | Mongolia National Day

July 7

  • Statement on the Anniversary of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s Assassination

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

July 9

  • Press Release:  The United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Ukraine

July 7

  • Press Release:  The United States Providing More than $117 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance to the People of South Sudan

US Mission to the United Nations (UN)

July 8

  • Remarks at the UN Security Council Stakeout Following Votes on Resolutions to Reauthorize the UN Cross-Border Mechanism into Syria
  • Explanation of Vote before the Vote on a Russia-Drafted UNSC Resolution Reauthorizing the UN Cross-Border Mechanism for Humanitarian Aid into Syria
  • Explanation of Vote on an Ireland and Norway-Drafted UN Security Council Resolution Reauthorizing the UN Cross-Border Mechanism into Syria
  • Remarks before the Vote on an Ireland and Norway-Drafted UN Security Council Resolution Reauthorizing the UN Cross-Border Mechanism into Syria

July 7

  • Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on West Africa and the Sahel

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

July 8

Department of the Treasury

July 7

  • Fact Sheet:  Framework for International Engagement on Digital Assets

Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Daily Press Releases

July 8

  • Press Release:  CEO of Dozens of Companies and Entities Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1 Billion in Fraudulent and Counterfeit Cisco Networking Equipment
  • Press Release:  Aerojet Rocketdyne Agrees to Pay $9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Cybersecurity Violations in Federal Government Contracts
  • Press Release:  Two More Defendants in ‘Grandparent Scam’ Network Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy
  • Press Release:  Jury Convicts Doctor of Health Care Fraud Scheme
  • Press Release:  Pharmacist and Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
  • Press Release:  Owner of Chicago Shipping Companies Charged with Helping Prepare False Corporate Tax Returns
  • Press Release:  Former Indiana Police Officer Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against Three Individuals

July 7

  • Press Release:  Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for Depriving George Floyd and a Minor Victim of their Constitutional Rights
  • Press Release:  Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
  • Press Release:  Five Men Indicted for Crimes Related to Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China Residing in the United States
  • Press Release:  Addiction Treatment Facilities’ Medical Director Sentenced in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme
  • Press Release:  West Virginia Hospital to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Impermissible Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians
  • Press Release:  Kansas City, Missouri, Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime in Attempted Murder of Teen
  • Press Release:  North Carolina Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

July 8

  • Press Release:  S&T Awards Funds for Developing Wearable Tech, Mitigating Heat-Related Injuries
  • Press Release:  CBP Releases Findings of Investigation of Horse Patrol Activity in Del Rio (Texas)
  • Press Release:  Migrants Prevented From Attempting Dangerous Water Crossing (Texas)
  • Press Release:  First-in-Port and First-in-Nation Pests Intercepted by CBP Agriculture Specialist at Otay Mesa (California)
  • Press Release:  CBP Joins Effort to Secure The World Games (Alabama)

July 7

  • Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the Retirement of United States Secret Service Director, James M. Murray
  • Article:  Testing a New Firefighter Respirator
  • Press Release:  Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents See High Volume of Migrant Traffic (Texas)
  • Press Release:  Agents Arrest Three Mexican Nationals for Starting Fire (California)
  • Press Release:  July 4 Weekend Brings Multiple Attempts to Enter U.S. Illegally Off Southern California Coast
  • Press Release:  Indio Agents Seize $29K in Cash at Checkpoint (California)
  • Press Release:  Sault Ste Marie Agents Rescue Elderly Couple (Michigan)
  • Press Release:  U.S. Border Patrol, Toa Baja Police Seize 1,342 Pounds of Cocaine in Northern Puerto Rico

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • Link to daily press releases

Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)

July 8

  • Joint Statement of the Second Meeting of the USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC Free Trade Commission
  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development, Mary Ng
  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier

July 7

  • Press Release:  United States and Canada Announce a Memorandum of Understanding on Trade in Solar Products

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

July 7

  • Press Release:  Censorship-Related Measures in China Cause Significant Annual Revenue Losses for Certain U.S. Industries, Reports USITC

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

July 7

  • Press Release:  FTC Takes Action against Weber for Illegally Restricting Customers’ Right to Repair

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

July 8

  • Press Release:  FCC Proposes Fine Against Verizon for Failure to Produce Documents
  • Press Release:  FCC Takes Actions Against Auto Warranty Scam Robocall Campaign

July 7

  • Press Release:  FCC To Hold Commission Meeting, Thursday, July 14, 2022

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

July 7

  • Press Release:  CFPB Issues Advisory to Protect Privacy When Companies Compile Personal Data

US Export-Import Bank (EXIM)

July 7

  • Press Release:  EXIM Bank President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis Marks First 100 Days at EXIM

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

July 7

  • Press Release:  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Members to Wildfire Commission
  • Press Release:  USDA Highlights Importance of Innovation at G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists

Department of Energy (DOE)

July 8

  • Press Release:  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $40 Million to Lower Utility Costs for American Families

July 7

  • Press Release:  DOE Awards $14 Million to Improve Climate Change Predictions

Department of Interior (DOI)

July 7

  • Press Release:  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Members to Wildfire Commission

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Press Release:  EPA to Hold Virtual Public Meeting July 14 on TSCA Approval for U.S. Steel’s Gary Works
  • Link to other EPA press releases

Department of Transportation

July 8

  • Press Release:  DOT Announces First-Ever Bill of Rights for Passengers with Disabilities, Calls on Airlines to Seat Families Together Free of Charge

July 7

  • Transcript of Secretary Buttigieg Remarks on the Airport Terminal Grants Program at LAX: Los Angeles, California
  • Press Release:  Biden Administration Announces Nearly $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Improving Airport Terminals across U.S.
  • Press Release:  Biden-Harris Administration Takes Step Forward to Combat Climate Change, Announces Proposed Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Framework

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

July 7

  • Press Release:  Biden Administration Announces Nearly $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Improving Airport Terminals across U.S.

Department of Labor

July 8

  • Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Walsh on June Jobs Report
  • Press Release:  U.S. Department of Labor investigation recovers $126K for 95 Indiana home healthcare workers after employer fails to pay travel time
  • Press Release:  Court injunction prohibits Virginia healthcare provider from obstructing federal investigation, retaliating against employees who cooperate

July 7

  • Press Release:  Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
  • Press Release:  U.S. Department of Labor reminds Southeast employers to protect workers against heat illness’ serious dangers
  • Press Release:  Following court order, Indianapolis security company pays $370K in back wages, damages to 215 workers after U.S. Labor Department investigation
  • Press Release:  U.S. Department of Labor awards $121M in Apprenticeship Building America grants to expand, diversify, modernize Registered Apprenticeship programs

Health & Human Services (HHS)

July 8

  • Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on President Biden’s Executive Order to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care

July 7

  • Press Release:  Biden-Harris Administration to make an additional 144,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine available to states and jurisdictions for monkeypox response

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

July 8

Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

July 8

  • Press Release:  Federal Housing Administration Expands Mortgage Eligibility for Borrowers Previously Affected by COVID-19
  • Press Release:  HUD Announces 100th Community to Join “House America” Homelessness Initiative