WASHINGTON- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore the press credentials of Playboy correspondent Brian Karem, whose hard pass was suspended after he got into a shouting match with conservative radio host and former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka in the Rose Garden following a social media summit in July. U.S. District […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] multi-pronged crackdown on the press continued throughout 2018, the Committee to Protect Journalists concludes in a report published Thursday. Imprisonment, intimidation and allegations that journalists produce “fake news” surged in 2016, when U.S. President Donald Trump won the election, CPJ found. Trump has been a vocal critic of the press, often chastising journalists as “very dishonest people.” […]
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a victory for press freedom, a federal judge on Friday granted CNN‘s emergency motion to immediately restore White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press credentials, which were revoked by the Trump administration last week after a chaotic post-midterm press conference. Over a dozen news organizations announced their support for CNN‘s lawsuit against the Trump administration this week as the Justice Department argued in a […]
Two more prominent business leaders resigned from Trump’s advisory council on Wednesday, bringing the total this week alone at eight. The latest defections came from 3M’s CEO, president and chairman of the board, Inge Thulin, and CEO of Campbell’s CEO Denise Morrison, following resignations of six other leaders this week. As the stream of business […]