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May 11, 2017 / 8:19 AM

Watch live: Deputy press secretary gives daily press briefing

May 11 (UPI) -- Deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday is scheduled to hold a daily press briefing at the White House.

She is set to answer questions from reporters at 1:30 p.m.

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Other than his daily intelligence briefing at 10 a.m., there are no other items on President Donald Trump's schedule Thursday.

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