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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban — The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump's war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge. — Journalists from CNN and MS NOW were denied access …
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Associated Press, OutsideTheBeltway, Variety, CBS News, Bloomberg and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico denied access to White House after Trump ‘ban’ — CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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Politico, MS NOW, RedState, The Post Millennial, The Washington Sun, The Federalist, Associated Press, WTOP News, JURISTnews, CNBC, Daily Mail, The Daily Wire, Mediaite, CBS News, Newsbusters, Bloomberg, The Wrap, Al Jazeera and Deseret News
Politico:
Inside the White House media ban — Donald Trump reupped his battle with the “FAKE NEWS” media on Truth Social Friday, banning CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO for reporting “LIES when they're covering the President of the United States,” with “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
NBC News:
MS NOW says its journalists were denied access to White House after Trump announced ban — The network said it “intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights” after President Donald Trump said its journalists would be denied access.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Speak at Your Own Risk — Donald Trump's attacks on the First Amendment — On the first day of his second term in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order on free speech stating that his administration would ensure that “no Federal Government officer, employee …
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Associated Press, RedState, NBC News, Daily Kos, Newsweek, The Hill and Rolling Stone, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Johansen / Politico:
POLITICO, MS NOW and CNN journalists denied access to White House after Trump media ban — The Trump administration denied POLITICO, MS NOW and CNN journalists entry to the White House grounds Saturday morning, the networks said in separate statements, a day after President Donald Trump announced …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, KTLA, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Straight Arrow, Bloomberg, The Hill, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and CNN
Ava Berger / NPR:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban — WASHINGTON— Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico on Saturday said they were denied access to White House grounds after President Trump announced a ban on the three media outlets.
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Salon, The Wrap, The Verge, TheGrio, Forbes, Truthout, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Scripps News, Business Insider, White House Correspondents …, Mediaite, Variety, Wonkette and Politico
Marissa Martinez / The Washington Sun:
White House Turns Away Journalists After Trump Declares Ban
White House Turns Away Journalists After Trump Declares Ban
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The Gateway Pundit, RedState and Mediaite
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Trump says he's banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
Trump says he's banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Trump's Greenland deal follows US firm's purchase of rare-earth metals mine there — President Trump's new Greenland security deal comes just 17 days after a US-based company quietly closed a deal to purchase a Greenland mining company that would produce more than a third of the world's rare earth magnet supply outside of China.
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BBC, The Independent, Trump has a deal …, RedState and Fox News
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New York Times:
Trump's Security Deal With Greenland: What to Know
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Mother Jones, The Independent, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Washington Post
New York Times:
U.S. Has Reached Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
U.S. Has Reached Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
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Sanne Wass / Bloomberg:
US Reaches Greenland Deal to End Row That Threatened NATO
US Reaches Greenland Deal to End Row That Threatened NATO
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France 24, Fox News, Associated Press, Modern Diplomacy, Washington Examiner, Reuters, CBS News and Al Jazeera
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Hispanic voters' support for Trump wanes over economy and immigration — Polls show voters who helped elect president unhappy - and may be willing to vote Democrat in midterms — Hispanic voters who helped re-elect Donald Trump in 2024 are discontent with his second-term economic and immigration policies …
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Washington Examiner, MS NOW, Washington Post and Axios
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Washington Post:
Behind Trump's public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering — In private, the president has been hearing blunt news from advisers about the GOP's poor chances in the midterms and has accepted that some of the problem is of his making. — Summary
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NewsMax.com and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’ — The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut. — Summary — Thousands of supporters of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts gathered Friday …
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The Hill, Wonkette, New York Times and The Contrarian
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution
Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution
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Associated Press, WTOP News, The Dean's Report, The Contrarian, ABC News, Reuters, WJBK-TV, The Wrap, MS NOW, The Bulwark, The Moderate Voice, Al Jazeera, CBS News, PolitiFact, FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, Forbes, Washingtonian, Talking Points Memo, Straight Arrow and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »
Alexandra Villarreal / The Guardian:
Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children — Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist — Stephen Miller is leading an unprecedented and intense White House drive across …
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The Parnas Perspective
Washington Post:
Secret contracts reveal undisclosed terms in Trump's drug-pricing deals — Agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly include tariff protections, overseas pricing inducements and broad confidentiality clauses. — Summary — The Trump administration's confidential deals with pharmaceutical companies …
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The White House, The Hill, NewsMax.com, One America News Network, Public Citizen, RedState, Axios and Associated Press
New York Times:
Trump's Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States — A Trump administration proposal to exclude some types of immigrants from the 2030 census might not expand the congressional map for Republicans, and could even result in fewer House seats in red states.
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NewsMax.com
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Mike Waltz Has Quietly Signaled He's Looking Past the UN … Failure doesn't have to kill ambition. Mike Waltz ought to know. — After the infamous Signal chat debacle, which contributed to President Donald Trump's decision to oust him as national security adviser, Waltz was sent to serve …
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Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
White House budget chief pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash — Russell Vought argued the agency has been funding “woke” priorities and suggested the president create a commission to review grants from the National Institutes of Health. — Summary
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Joe.My.God. and Legal Insurrection
Ben Geman / Axios:
Iran war causes global pain at the pump — The Iran war is driving fuel prices higher worldwide, leading to angry protests around the globe and straining the economies of countries that have nothing to do with the war. … - The surge in prices squeezes consumers, and worsens the finances …
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Mock Paper Scissors and Christian Science Monitor
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson's Hair to Hemings's Children — A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. — For more than 200 years, the question has nagged at the edges …
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The Atlantic and Althouse
Financial Times:
Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax — Progressive laureates say November ballot measure could ‘start reining in the power’ of ultra-wealthy — A group of progressive Nobel Prize-winning economists has joined the fray in California's battle …
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New York Magazine
Governor of California:
Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference … Governor Gavin Newsom
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Straight Arrow, New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Trump wants a new AI czar and an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force — President Trump announced Saturday he is creating an “AI Force” modeled on the Space Force and will soon name a new AI czar, doubling down on his push to accelerate artificial intelligence development with limited regulation.
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Farm-state Republicans are having a cow over Trump's beef imports as Election Day approaches — Farm-state Republicans don't support President Donald Trump's move to import cheap beef — but they're still getting grilled for it. — Trump's plan to combat sky-high beef prices by introducing discounted …
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Wall Street Journal
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Voting rights lawsuit prompts South Dakota to fix ‘confusing’ proof-of-citizenship system — A federal judge Friday denied a voting rights group's request to block part of South Dakota's new proof-of-citizenship voting system after the state changed its voter notices and gave the group much of what it had asked for.
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The Federalist and RealClearPolitics


