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Attacks on the Press
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting To Shut Down After Being Defunded by Congress, Targeted by Trump

CPB helps fund both PBS and NPR, but most of its funding is distributed to more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations around the country.

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Banishing a Reporter: Trump Escalates Battle With Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Story

It’s the first time Trump has sued for defamation as a sitting president, and it’s not clear whether any president has done that in the past.

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Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate AP Access To Presidential Events

Since the start of the case, the White House has instituted new rules for access to the limited-space events.

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Congress Approves Trump’s $9 Billion Cut to Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid

The White House says the public media system is politically biased and an unnecessary expense.

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Aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas

Death Threats Over Texas Flooding Cartoon Force Museum Journalism Event To Be Postponed

An online fury erupted this week over an editorial cartoon in The Buffalo News showing a man in a MAGA cap being swept away by the Texas floodwaters.

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Immigration Judge Grants Bond for Spanish-Language Journalist Arrested During Protest

His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, has said he isn’t a legal permanent resident but has authorization to work and remain in the United States.

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Paramount Will Pay $16 Million in Settlement With Trump Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview

The case was widely discussed and was being seen as a referendum on how far organizations would go to curry favor with Trump.

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Protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in Los Angeles

With Reporters Shot and Roughed Up, Advocates Question Whether Those Covering Protests Are Targets

Reporters Without Borders said there have been at least 31 attacks on journalists — 27 from law enforcement — since the demonstrations started.

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