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Trump aide showed president media clips before White House ban: Report
CNN contended that one of the clips Harp showed Trump had enraged him, and prompted the sweeping White House ban.
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Major television networks agree to suspend pool coverage of Trump after White House bans CNN
The decision escalates a showdown between the Trump administration and the legacy media outlets following Trump's decision to ban MS NOW, CNN and Politico reporters from entering the White House.
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MS Now, CNN and Politico sue Trump to overturn those outlets' ban from White House
“This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” the lawsuit says, which goes on to claim the ban is severely impeding the three outlets from reporting on Trump and his administration.
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Mental health worsens after medicalized gender transitions, three-decade youth study finds
The "psychiatric morbidity" gap between "gender-referred adolescents" and controls, already wide before referral to gender clinics, got bigger after referral, Finnish study finds. Trans activists question methodology, discourage debate.
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Impeachment Bombshell: Secret memos expose Ukraine accuser’s bias, hearsay, and false claim
The new memos declassified by Tulsi Gabbard were not available to the public during the 2019 impeachment trial.
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Political pressure from Somali community hampered Minnesota fraud probes, whistleblower says
A key whistleblower in a Minnesota government fraud unit suggests politics may have played a role in undermining investigations into child care welfare rackets. Although being less than 2% of the total population, the Somali community is a major political force, having helped elect Ilhan Omar to Congress.
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Bill Ackman offers to purchase Universal Music Group for $64 billion
The billionaire proposed keeping Universal Music’s CEO Lucian Grainge in his current position while installing former Disney CEO Michael Ovitz as chairman of the board and adding two representatives from Pershing Square to the board.
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CBS announces Colbert replacement after show goes off air next month
CBS said the new program will debut on May 22, the day after Colbert's show is expected to release its final episode. The program will begin at 11:35 p.m. and feature two back-to-back, half-hour “Comics Unleashed” episodes on weekdays.
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Layoffs hit Associated Press as staff levels cut by dozens
The move comes in the wake of large-scale layoffs at the Washington Post, which began in February.
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Swalwell flip flops on transparency as he fights release of Chinese intel files that include him
Transparency for thee, but not for me: Rep Swalwell has long insisted that all files related to the Trump White House and financier Jeffrey Epstein be disclosed, on the basis that if Trump had nothing to hide, the files should be released. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, Swalwell fights disclosure of files detailing Chinese infiltration into American politics, which includes his own relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.
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NYT bungles NATO meaning as 'North American Treaty Organization' instead of 'North Atlantic'
The news outlet admitted that it was a mistake in a post on social media, stating it would run a print correction Saturday.
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Associated Press runs paid PR ads for Chinese telecom Huawei as CCP seeks to influence UN agency
The AP is taking cash from Huawei to run paid ads for the Chinese telecom which the U.S. has dubbed a national security threat.
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Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show April 6 as search for her missing mother continues
The NBC "Today" show star's 84-year-old mother went missing Feb.1.