Television coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events resumed Friday after a weeklong standoff between the administration and major news organizations over the president’s decision to bar POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from the White House. CBS News resumed its role in the White House television press pool Friday, …
Read More »Judge Orders White House to Restore Access to Banned Media Outlets
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House press access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding that the three news organizations were likely to succeed in showing that their credentials were revoked without constitutionally required due process. U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly …
Read More »DOJ Defends Trump’s White House Media Ban, Says President Can Shut Out News Outlets
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to uphold President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, arguing that the president has broad authority to control press access and that the outlets’ reporting created national security concerns. In a late Tuesday court …
Read More »White House Press Pool Becomes Battleground as Trump Faces Lawsuit Over Media Ban
The White House press pool has become the center of a growing legal and constitutional dispute between President Donald Trump and news organizations after CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House and the television pool suspended coverage of the president. The three news organizations sued the …
Read More »CNN, Politico and MS NOW Sue Trump Administration Over White House Press Ban
CNN, Politico and MS NOW announced Monday that they are suing the Trump administration after the White House revoked their journalists’ credentials and barred them from the White House grounds following President Donald Trump’s public criticism of their coverage. The three news organizations said they notified the administration Monday that …
Read More »Trump Takes Aim at CNN, MS NOW and Politico With White House Ban
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing the three news organizations of repeatedly publishing what he called “FAKE NEWS” about his administration. Trump announced the move in a Truth Social post, saying the outlets should not be allowed …
Read More »‘It Was Shameful’: CNN Faces Furious Backlash for Giving Trump a Megaphone to Spew Lies
Jake Johnson Former President Donald Trump predictably used the megaphone CNN handed him Wednesday night to spew falsehoods about the 2020 election, the January 6 attack, abortion, and E. Jean Carroll, turning the hour-long primetime town hall into what one of the corporate media network’s own reporters characterized as a …
Read More »Trump Sues CNN For Defamation, Seeks $475M In Damages
Former President Donald Trump filed a $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN Monday in Florida federal court, claiming the network has created a campaign of libel and slander against him as of late because it fears he’ll run for re-election in 2024. The ex-president threatened to sue CNN back in …
Read More »Chris Wallace Announces He’s Leaving Fox News; Heading To CNN
On Sunday, Chris Wallace confirmed that he would be leaving his post at Fox News and heading to CNN+ to host a weekday show. “After 18 years — this is my final ‘Fox News Sunday.’ It is the last time, and I say this with real sadness, we will meet …
Read More »CNN Fires Anchor Chris Cuomo
After first being suspended following revelations he helped his brother, Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual harassment allegations that forced him to resign as governor of New York earlier this year, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has now been fired “effective immediately” by the cable news network. CNN announced the news in a statement …
Read More »Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Opens Up About Fears Of January 6
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez feared she would be raped and killed during the deadly domestic terrorist attack on January 6. The congresswoman spoke to CNN’s Dana Bash about her experience on the inaugural episode of CNN’s “Being…” that aired last night. “I didn’t think that I was just going to be …
Read More »Arizona’s Secretary of State Wants Trump Investigated Over Election Efforts
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wants the state Attorney General to investigate former President Donald Trump and his allies for pressuring Maricopa officials to interfere with the 2020 Presidential election. Hobbs wrote a letter to Arizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich expressing her concern about phone calls and texts …
Read More »Oath Keepers Member Agrees To Cooperate With Prosecutors
A second member of the right-wing terrorist organization, Oath Keepers, will cooperate with federal prosecutors and testify against other organization members. Mark Grods, a 54-year-old who admitted he brought firearms to D.C. and was part of the tactical “stack” formation that advanced toward the Capitol that day, made a deal …
Read More »DOJ To Establish Task Force To Address Threats Against Election Officials
The Justice Department announced on Friday that it is launching a task force to investigate the rise in threats against election officials, according to a memo sent to all federal prosecutors and the FBI. “The Department of Justice has a long history of protecting every American’s right to vote, and …
Read More »Federal Eviction Moratorium Extended Through July
The eviction moratorium is being extended through July. The federal eviction ban was set to expire at the end of the month. This is the fourth time that the eviction ban has been extended. The CDC says this is intended to be the final extension of the eviction moratorium. To go …
Read More »
Poli Alert Politics & Civics