State Dept. orders cancellation of news subscriptions around the world
The State Department has ordered the cancellation of all news subscriptions deemed to be “non-mission critical,” according to internal email guidances viewed by The Washington Post. The move aligns with the Trump administration’s crackdown on media companies that count the U.S. government as paying customers.
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