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Jennifer Jacobs

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Jennifer Jacobs

@JenniferJJacobs

CBS News senior White House reporter. @CBSNews Reporting what I know, not what I think. @Bloomberg and @DMRegister alum. Email me: [email protected]

Washington, DC

Joined July 2008

Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Mar 23, 2022
BREAKING: Russian govt official Anatoly Chubais has stepped down and left the country, citing his opposition to Putin’s war in Ukraine, sources tell Bloomberg News. He is highest-level official to break with the Kremlin over the invasion.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Oct 2, 2020
NEWS: Hope Hicks, who traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate on Tuesday, and to his Minnesota rally yesterday, has coronavirus, sources tell me.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Nov 7, 2020
NEWS: Along with Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, at least FOUR other White House aides currently have coronavirus, per sources. Pains were taken to keep Meadows’ illness a secret, I’m told. And people around him who knew were told to keep quiet.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Oct 4, 2020
NEWS: One of Trump’s personal assistants has tested positive for coronavirus, sources tell me. Nick Luna, as bodyman, works in very close proximity to the president so it’s not surprising.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Jan 16, 2021
On 1st day, Biden will rescind travel ban on several Muslim countries, rejoin Paris climate accord, extend pandemic limits on evictions and student loan payments, and order agencies to figure out how to reunite children separated from families at border.
Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation (Published 2021)
From nytimes.com
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Mar 15, 2020
Dr. Fauci would prefer a 14-day national shutdown of some sort to slow down coronavirus, and has made this point of view known in admin, he says on "Meet the Press." "I think we should really be overly aggressive and get criticized for over-reacting," Fauci told @chucktodd.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Feb 3, 2021
In Oval just now.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Sep 29, 2020
Hours before the debate, a Trump camp email goes out: "I just finished debating Joe Biden."
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Nov 7, 2020
BREAKING: Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has the coronavirus. Meadows informed a close circle of advisers after the election. Story by me, @tylerpager and @MarioDParker out soon.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Jan 14, 2022
DirecTV plans to drop OANN, dealing a major blow to the conservative channel, @gerryfsmith reports
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Oct 6, 2020
NEWS: One of the president's military aides, Coast Guard aide Jayna McCarron, has coronavirus, sources tell me. And so does one of the president's valets, who is also active duty military, and traveled with the president last week.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Oct 7, 2020
NEWS: The head of White House security office, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with coronavirus and has been hospitalized since late September, I'm told. Security office handles credentialing for access to WH; works closely with Secret Service on security measures on the compound.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Nov 20, 2020
News: Don Jr, the president’s son, has tested positive for coronavirus. He escaped the virus when people around him got infected, including his girlfriend Kimberly, but now has it, per multiple sources.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Dec 31, 2020
Biden’s Inaugural Committee is asking people around the country to illuminate buildings and ring church bells at 5:30p ET on Jan. 19 “in a national moment of unity and remembrance” for those who have died of coronavirus.