“Stand up for freedom of the press and our democracy,” Sanders wrote in a letter sent Tuesday. “Do not capitulate to this dangerous move to authoritarianism.”
District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied a request from the Associated Press to enforce his injunction on the White House’s ban on the news organization.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board, Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro and some voices on Fox News have expressed concern about higher prices for Americans.
Axios reported that the White House is creating a new briefing-room seating chart, a function long controlled by the White House Correspondents’ Association.
The news organization has relied on work-arounds after being barred from events for not using “Gulf of America,” but on Thursday will have another chance to make its case.
As Donald Trump publicly against Rupert Murdoch’s network in 2023, host Sean Hannity begged him to stop, according to “Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power.”
District Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied the AP’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have restored press access, after President Trump’s “Gulf of America” decree.
More than 30 news organizations signed letters to the White House, urging the Trump administration to reverse a policy barring AP journalists from official events.