Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Restricting Associated Press Access to Trump
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling allowing the Trump administration to block The Associated Press from covering the president in certain spaces.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in an order that it would keep in place a June 6 decision that found that it was legal for the president to restrict access to a news organization in invite-only places like the Oval Office or Air Force One.
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Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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