NewzCNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment.Meanwhile, Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence. The two will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers.
The White House confirmed the meeting will take place but did not offer more details.Here's the latest:Trump has been more aggressive toward the media in his second termThe president and his Republican administration have upped the ante and punished certain media outlets. Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms — insulting them in briefings or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.Melania Trump and China’s first lady to visit the SmithsonianMelania Trump’s office says she and Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will visit the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art on Thursday.The visit will take place while President Trump and Xi meet at the White House.The museum holds one of North America’s largest and most comprehensive collections of Asian art, according to its website.Xi will be in Washington later this week on a state visit to the United States.A grand arrival ceremony for him at the White House on Thursday will end with a military flyover featuring a B-2 Spirit and four F-22 Raptors, according to a detailed rundown from the first lady’s office of White House plans for Xi’s visit.CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over denied White House access, citing the First AmendmentCNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment.The administration’s announcement of the bans Friday and the White House’s subsequent actions over the weekend represented a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage he finds objectionable. They were also the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States, w…
The administration’s announcement of the bans Friday and the White House’s subsequent actions over the weekend represented a clear escalation of the president’s long-running efforts to restrict news coverage he finds objectionable.
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