White House Intern Faints at Press Briefing (Video)

By JM Rieger

Posted June 24, 2014 at 4:23pm

A White House intern fainted at the end of a press briefing Tuesday, one day after Press Secretary Josh Earnest took over the position Jay Carney held for three years.

According to the White House pool report, it was the intern’s first day on the job.

Recent Stories

President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday.

Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown speaks to reporters in Seattle after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship on Feb. 6. (Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court to review Trump birthright citizenship order

At the Races: Only the young

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024.

California sues to stop tariffs levied under economic emergency

California Rep. Young Kim was among nine Republicans in battleground House races who raised more than $1 million during the first quarter. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.