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White House Ends a Regular Reporting Slot for Independent Newswires

NYT > Business > Media · Michael M. Grynbaum and Katie Robertson · last updated April 15, 2025 – 3:55 PM

The move, which affects The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters, is another effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over the press corps that covers it.

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