WATCH LIVE: White House holds first press briefing of 2024

The White House is holding its first press briefing of 2024, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby taking questions from reporters.

The briefing is expected to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

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2024 is slated to be a busy year, with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a hotly contested election in November, and a continued surge of border crossings into the United States, among other matters.