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The Relationship Between the White House and Its Press Corps Is Time-Tested — And Can Be Contentious

This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sues NBC Over New Documentary as He Awaits Trial on Sex Trafficking Charges

The lawsuit says the documentary included statements that NBC Universal either knew were false or published with reckless disregard for the truth.

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White House Says It Has the Right To Punish AP Reporters Over Gulf Naming Dispute

The White House’s outright attempt at regulating language used by independent media mark a sharp escalation in Trump’s often fraught dealings with news organizations.

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A Free Speech Case Over a Pastry Shop Painting Goes to Trial

A federal judge in New Hampshire will consider whether a town is infringing on the free speech rights of the bakery owner who’s displaying the mural over his business.

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Trump Order Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Over Investigations of Israel

An ACLU staff attorney said the order "raises serious First Amendment concerns" and “is an attack on both accountability and free speech.”

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[The] right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”
-James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, 1800
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