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Judge Declines AP Challenge To New White House Press Pool Policy, But Says Time Will Tell Whether Wire Service Still Gets 'Second Class Treatment'

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After a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington on Friday, Judge Trevor McFadden said that he was “inclined to agree with the government” that the new policy was “facially neutral.”

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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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