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White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee — The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet's duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
White House Blocks CNN From Air Force One — CNN won't be able to join President Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee. He had banned CNN and two other news outlets from the White House, but a court order on Thursday restored their access. — The White House on Friday night blocked CNN …
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
White House blocks CNN from traveling with Trump on Air Force One — The White House is blocking CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump on Saturday, a CNN spokesperson confirmed, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore the network's access …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A 7-Day Standoff That Said So Much About Trump and the Media
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
White House blocks CNN from trip on Air Force One
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Hallie Golden / Associated Press:
White House TV pool appears to be back in operation, but CNN's media analyst calls situation ‘fluid’
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CNN:
Trump's disruption to TV coverage during Xi visit frustrates Chinese officials
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After Midterms — The president is skeptical that Tehran will meet his demands — President Trump has rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms, U.S. officials said.
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MS NOW:
Trump posts map showing ‘Trump Strait’ off Iran, and other Mideast developments — Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets say the country's president has left New York after the United Nations gathering of world leaders that included Iran's indirect talks with the United States.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump asked Xi to stop supporting Iran
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Associated Press:
Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress — President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
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The White House:
President Trump Takes Historic Action to Eliminate Wasteful and Harmful Spending — President Trump is committed to utilizing all possible tools to cut wasteful and harmful government spending that does not benefit American citizens. Last year, President Trump took the historic step …
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NBC News:
Lawmakers slam Trump's ‘unlawful’ move to cut $810 million in federal funds — The Trump administration used a rare and controversial budgetary tactic to reject funding that would have supported research, education and minority groups. — The White House said Friday that it planned …
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Politico:
Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
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Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Angers Lawmakers With $810 Million in Cuts
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission — The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. — For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Axios:
GOP election outlook goes from bad to “craptastic” — President Trump told voters to pretend he's on the ballot. Apparently they're listening: Republicans coast to coast are getting pulled under by a violent undertow fueled by Trump's unpopularity.
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New York Times:
OpenAI's Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue — The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education Department, Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission. — OpenAI's artificial intelligence went rogue …
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Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for ‘Musk’ (Exclusive) — Its U.S. distributor has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. The studio is appealing. — So much for free speech. … YouTube, TikTok along with Instagram …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe — Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece — Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago. — The U.S. ambassador to Greece …
New York Times:
Supreme Court Ruling Could Have Limited Impact on Voter Screening in Midterms — Federal law requires a 90-day “quiet period” before elections, likely restricting the immediate scope of a decision that allows the use of a citizenship database to examine voter rolls.
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Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
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Aram Roston / The Guardian:
The truth behind Donald Trump's ‘biggest oil deal in world history’ — The US's oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented — Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump heads to Texas-Tennessee football game as midterm rallies slide — He will also attend the President's Cup golf tournament this weekend. Officials say Trump's GOP campaign push will ramp up in October. — SummaryLoading... President Donald Trump has vowed to go all-out campaigning …
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Erika:
I'm the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband. — Millions of people have watched me carry my daughter and food back to my seat at a San Francisco Giants game. They have praised me as “mom of the year” and called my husband too many names to list.
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The San Francisco Standard
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Some lawmakers doubt a Congress that's ‘barely capable of email’ can regulate AI — Congress' slow pace and inexperience with AI are colliding with a fast-moving technology. Though one Democrat countered: “We don't have to be biologists or chemists to set up the FDA.”
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Supreme Court Blocks GOP Missouri Map Again in Blistering Appeals Court Rebuke — The justices said the Eighth Circuit should have seen this coming after it tried to revive Missouri's 2025 congressional map in the middle of an election. — Co-Founder of MeidasTouch
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court for the third time rejects Republican redistricting push in Missouri
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Ilan Greenberg / Politico:
Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting. … Loeb's meeting at the headquarters of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, an unremarkable building that could easily pass for a suburban insurance company office, was the kind where a mysterious person introduces themself …
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