17 h. ago Donald Trump sued by AP for banning journalists from White House and Mar

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials on Friday after the organisation's journalists were banned from Mar-a-Lago, Air Force One and even the White House for refusing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America.'

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35 h. ago The ‘Gulf of America’ feud is about something bigger: Trump wants to control the media | Margaret Sullivan

The president punished the AP for choosing its own language, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The press must show unityIt might seem like a small matter, just a disagreement over whether a body of water should be called one name or another.But it’s really about much bigger things: Trump-style intimidation, a clear violation of the first amendment – and the extent to which news organizations will stick together in each other’s defense, or will comply with the powerful for the sake of their own access. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump administration begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal Washington DC plane crash

Staff at the Federal Aviation Administration receive emails saying they have been fired, upending rotas during period of busy air travel A US judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk’s Doge team.US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington DC on Sunday called the hearing for Monday, the Presidents Day holiday when federal courts are closed. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in Washington

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5 d. ago JD Vance blasts 'crazy exchange' after CBS' Margaret Brennan tells Marco Rubio that Nazis weaponized free speech

Vice President JD Vance slammed CBS News' Margaret Brennan for what he called a 'crazy exchange' she had with Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday morning.

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6 d. ago ‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes

The president’s full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbookBigger than the Super Bowl, claimed Donald Trump, sitting in a big leather chair beside a big map. Then came an announcement over the public address system. “Air Force One is currently in international waters,” declared the flight crew of the US presidential jet, “for the first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America.”As his aides clapped and whooped, Trump gloated: “Isn’t that nice? We’re about ‘Make America Great Again’, right? That’s what we care about.” He proceeded to sign a proclamation declaring 9 February “Gulf of America Day” as Air Force One flew over the body of water previously known as the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading...

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