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A federal judge, Timothy Kelly, has been assigned to oversee a lawsuit by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenging their ban from the White House. Kelly, a Trump nominee who previously handled a similar press access case involving CNN's Jim Acosta, ruled in 2018 that Acosta's due process rights were likely violated. The outlets' suit claims First Amendment and due process violations.
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A newsletter column mocks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s weekend at Texas A&M, arguing his 'Send Me' campaign and attention-seeking behavior have not eased criticism over his leadership, impeachment threats, and the Iran war. It also reports on the White House press pool dispute after CNN was banned.
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Prime Video has cancelled Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer's spy comedy Ride Or Die after one season despite strong ratings and reviews. Writer Katy Brand and fans blame misogyny in the TV industry, with Brand claiming male executives tried to remove menopause jokes and said female characters were 'too funny'.
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Vice President Vance defended the White House's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House access, calling it 'totally appropriate' because he says they engage in 'far left propaganda.' The banned outlets sued the administration over First Amendment rights, and the report notes Vance's comparison to Breitbart is questionable because Breitbart was not barred under Obama or Biden.
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Rose Friedman, a longtime NPR editor and reporter who co-created the network’s “Books We Love” guide, died of cancer at 38. A labor-history scholar and SAG-AFTRA steward, she asked that her obituary highlight her role in helping win expanded paid parental leave at NPR. The piece recounts her career, including coverage of Harvey Weinstein’s trial and work on NPR’s America 250 project.
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The column argues that the Washington press corps should boycott White House briefings and events until credentials are restored to CNN, MS Now, and Politico after the Trump administration locked them out. It supports the lawsuit and the TV networks' pool-coverage suspension, framing Trump as a bully and the ban as an authoritarian attack on the First Amendment.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration over being banned from the White House, arguing the move violates the First Amendment and retaliates against protected newsgathering. The article also notes that television networks pulled out of the White House pool in solidarity, while Trump defended the ban as targeting 'fake news.'
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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are suing the Trump administration after losing White House press access. President Trump criticized the outlets over what he described as negative coverage.
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Several major TV networks said they will stop participating in the White House TV pool after President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The outlets are preparing a First Amendment lawsuit, while Trump defended the ban as targeting 'fake news.'
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White House TV pool members, including Fox News Media, ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC, said they will suspend pooled coverage of President Trump's events after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. A joint statement said the public has a vital interest in independent information and no administration should restrict a news organization over its reporting.
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Major US TV networks collectively refused to provide pool coverage of President Trump’s UN General Assembly visit after the White House banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico. The article frames the networks as defending independent journalism against Trump’s punitive media restrictions.
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The article uses Strictly Come Dancing's declining ratings as a hook for a nostalgic retrospective on Saturday-night TV shows from the 1960s to 1990s. It repeatedly evaluates those shows through a modern progressive lens, noting sexism, heteronormativity, lack of diversity, and objectification, while suggesting many would be cancelled today.