The administration’s defense of its ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico makes the issue larger than three newsrooms: it tests whether a president can use access to the White House as leverage over independent coverage.
Read today’s story ↗CNN, MS NOW and Politico turned a White House ban into a constitutional test, forcing a court to confront whether a president can exclude journalists because he dislikes their reporting.
The AfD’s first-place finish and the CDU’s historic exit from a Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania legislature turn a regional vote into a national test of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s authority and Germany’s political center.
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Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico became tangible when reporters were turned away, escalating a fight over whether the White House can punish unwelcome coverage by controlling access.
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+ The Fed raised rates for the first time since 2023