U.S. intends to keep up pressure on leadership of Yemen's Houthis

© Reuters/CARLOS BARRIAFILE PHOTO: New U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds first press briefing at the State Department in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will keep up pressure on the leadership of Yemen's Houthis, the U.S. State Department spokesman said on Monday, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress he intends to revoke the terrorist organization designation of the movement.

"I think we will certainly keep up the pressure on the leadership of the... movement," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Lisa Lambert and Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Chris Reese)