Jen Psaki

American political advisor

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May 2025 Starts hosting The Briefing with Jen Psaki, continuing her career in media and political commentary.
February 2025 MSNBC announced Psaki would have her own primetime show 'Inside with Jen Psaki' at 9 pm Tuesday through Friday, starting in April 2025.
July 26 2024 Psaki appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for a transcribed interview about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
July 13 2024 Psaki endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential race after President Biden's withdrawal.
July 13 2024 Psaki endorsed Kamala Harris as the best alternative to Biden in the 2024 presidential election.
June 2024 Psaki agreed to appear before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs for a transcribed interview about the Biden Administration's Afghanistan withdrawal.
May 2024 Psaki released her book 'Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World', which became an Amazon and New York Times bestseller.
September 25 2023 Psaki's program took over MSNBC's Monday 8 p.m. Eastern prime time slot.
March 19 2023 Psaki's new Sunday morning program, Inside with Jen Psaki, premiered.
February 2023 MSNBC announced Psaki would host a new Sunday morning program, Inside with Jen Psaki.
2022 Starts hosting the talk show Inside with Jen Psaki on MSNBC.
May 2022 Concluded her tenure as White House press secretary.
May 24 2022 MSNBC announced hiring Jen Psaki as a contributor, with plans for her to appear during 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential elections, and develop a show on Peacock.
May 5 2022 The White House announced Psaki would be leaving her role on May 13, with Karine Jean-Pierre named as her replacement.
April 1 2022 Axios reported that Psaki would likely leave the White House around May for a job with MSNBC.
March 22 2022 Psaki tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in six months and did not accompany President Biden on his trip to Europe.
2021 Appointed as the 34th White House press secretary in the Biden administration, a prominent political communications role.
November 2 2021 Psaki announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and later returned to work on November 12 after quarantining and recovering.
May 6 2021 In an interview with David Axelrod, Psaki suggested she would depart from the position of press secretary in about a year.
January 20 2021 Psaki held her first press briefing on the evening of the presidential inauguration.
2020 Ends her role as a political contributor for CNN.
November 2020 Jen Psaki left CNN and joined the Biden–Harris transition team, and was subsequently named White House press secretary for the Biden administration.
February 7 2017 Began working as a political commentator on CNN.
2015 Promoted to White House communications director during the Obama administration.
2015 Promoted to White House communications director, serving until 2017.
May 30 2014 It was announced that Josh Earnest would replace Jay Carney as White House press secretary, not Psaki as previously speculated.
February 11 2013 Became the spokesperson for the United States Department of State.
2012 Returned to political communications as press secretary for President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.
September 22 2011 Left her White House position to become senior vice president and managing director at Global Strategy Group in Washington, D.C.
May 8 2010 Jen Psaki married Greg Mecher, who was then chief of staff to Congressman Steve Driehaus.

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