Presidents have many avenues for communicating with the press. The table below tallys solo and prime-time conferences (as well as other types of interactions that may not be televised). A solo conference is simply the President answering questions on his or her own, while a Prime-Time conference is a televised event held in the evening.
Peter Farruggia, a furloughed worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks to ABC News about how the government shutdown has affected his family. The top three candidates for New York City mayor sparred over who has the experience to deal with President Trump, who looms over the race. And James Sample and Katherine Faulders report on former national security adviser John Bolton’s indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents.