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WASHINGTON — Reporters who were supposed to observe President Biden’s heavily promoted trilateral meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines missed his remarks Thursday when press handlers left them standing downstairs in a hallway as the commander in chief spoke. The rare logistical snafu prevented journalists from witnessing the 81-year-old president’s opening remarks to Philippine President Bongbong Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the White House East Room. The day’s print pool reporter, Michael Shear of the New York Times, relayed the unexpected dilemma in an emailed update to colleagues who were anticipating quotes from the...

A local New York ABC News affiliate reported on the threat squatters are posing to residents and offered tips on how they can protect their homes from unwelcome guests, including putting up "No trespassing" signs. ABC 7 Eyewitness News investigative reporters Dan Krauth and Nina Pineda detailed the threat that squatters can pose under New York law, where a person can claim squatters' rights if they have lived in a home for more than 30 days. Efforts to change this law have gained serious traction in recent days after video of New York City property owner Adele Andeloro getting arrested...

A hot mic captured two journalists making jokes alluding to the assassination of former President Donald Trump while waiting for his arrival at a federal courthouse on Tuesday. This troubling occurrence took place outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, with news teams on standby, having set up their equipment along the anticipated route from the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. The former president is set to appear before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals following District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s refusal to dismiss two motions that invoked First Amendment protections and presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers argued that Trump is...

WASHINGTON — A large number of White House reporters have been snubbed from President Biden’s press corps Christmas parties for the second year in a row — prompting claims that journalists are being punished for their coverage. Invitations to a pair of traditional media parties — one for TV teams to be held on Friday and another for print and radio reporters scheduled for Dec. 6 — went out approximately two weeks ago. As of midday Monday, second-tier invites had not been delivered.

<p>The Bidens arrived back at the White House after spending some downtime at their beach house in Rehoboth and at their home in Wilmington, Delaware.</p><p>In the afternoon he'll host the World Series champion Houston Astros at the White House. Jill Biden will host a cyber security summit tied to education issues ahead of the start of the new school year.</p>

Today, the press is seen by large numbers of Americans as only selectively truthful—slanted toward a particular point of view, usually one that is both secular and progressive. A 2022 Gallup poll found that just 7 percent of Americans have “a great deal” of trust and confidence in the media, and 27 percent have “a fair amount.” Meanwhile, 28 percent of U.S. adults say they do not have “very much confidence” and well over a third have none at all in newspapers, TV, and radio.“Notably,” Gallup reported, “this is the first time that the percentage of Americans with no trust...

ESPN national baseball reporter Marly Rivera has been fired after an incident at Yankee Stadium in which she uttered the words, “X X” toward a fellow female reporter over an Aaron Judge interview, The Post has learned. SNIP “There were extenuating circumstances but that in no way is an excuse for my actions. I am a professional with a sterling reputation across baseball and I do believe that I am being singled out by a group of individuals with whom I have a long history of professional disagreements.” Gaete is the wife of MLB vice president of communications, John Blundell....

On Thursday night, Twitter banned more than half a dozen of far-left journalists from CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, and other independent reporters who had been reporting on Elon Musk and Tesla. The decision comes after Elon Musk declared war on sharing location information on the platform following a stalking incident with his son X. “Last night, car carrying lil X in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood,” Musk wrote. “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family,”...

President Joe Biden poked fun at reporters on Thursday for asking questions about a forthcoming physical exam of his health. “Do you think I need it?” the 80-year-old president asked wryly. The president spoke about his physical after meeting with firefighters during his lengthy Thanksgiving vacation on the island of Nantucket.

Rebecca Kirszner Katz, adviser to Sen.-elect John Fetterman, argued on Twitter that reporters’ traditional method of "yelling questions" at senators in the hallways "will not work" with the Democratic Pennsylvania politician. Her comment came following a Tuesday tweet from HuffPost senior politics reporter Igor Bobic, who mentioned that Fetterman did not respond to a question as they passed each other. "Spotted in Senate basement: John Fetterman. He didn’t answer when I asked if he’ll be able to wear his hoodie on Senate floor." Bobic tweeted. Katz later responded to Bobic’s question and also added the act of "yelling questions at...

The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson and Ben Bergquam from Real America’s Voice were physically removed from the Maricopa County presser on Thursday afternoon. As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier today, the County has surrounded the Elections Center with fencing, sidewalk barricades, and armed Sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were even photographed on the roof of the building on election night. Maricopa County deputies removed them from the premises by escorting them outside of the fence – something that is noticeably absent on the US southern border! In October The Gateway Pundit reported that TGP correspondent Jordan Conradson was blocked from access to...

President Joe Biden popped into the press cabin during an Air Force One flight Wednesday afternoon, surprising reporters with an off-the-record appearance. But the president spent most of his time complaining about their negative coverage of his administration, according to Politico’s West Wing Playbook, citing “multiple people familiar” with the meeting.

The American people are decidedly disinclined to pay $26 for a book about the life of President Joe Biden's primary caretaker. Politico reports that a recently published biography of Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D, sold just 250 copies in its first week of circulation. The Politico article, which documents the professional anxiety of White House correspondents who find it "boring and difficult" to cover an administration whose policies they wholeheartedly support, cites the poor sales of Jill: A Biography of the First Lady by AP reporters Julie Pace and Darlene Superville as an example of why journalists are so bummed out...

President Biden has had his share of testy moments with the media, but he's also not hesitated to work the refs at times with compliments about their integrity and intelligence. During his lengthy press conference last week, Biden asked the media a rhetorical question about his predecessor Donald Trump, wondering if journalists could imagine a time in the past where a figure could "intimidate" an entire party out of taking a vote that would benefit Biden. "It sounds like I’m being solicitous — you’re all bright as hell, well-informed — more informed than any group of people in America. But...

CNN is being ridiculed online following the left-wing news network’s new job postings seeking “reality” reporters and an accompanying editor to help combat what it deems “misinformation,” with many noting the hypocrisy of the network having been accused itself of misinformation on many occasions. In the job listing for the “misinformation” team in New York City, CNN Digital states it is seeking “reality” reporters and an editor to help run a “new team covering misinformation,” which the network is starting.

During CNN’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s press conference on Wednesday, host Jake Tapper stated that raising doubt about the legitimacy of election results is something Democrats and reporters have disliked about former President Donald Trump and Biden refused to say that the 2022 election would be legitimate, but he’s “certainly not going to compare what Joe Biden just said, President Biden just said, with Donald Trump’s history when it comes to the big lie on the elections.”

Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday angrily shouted at reporters to go away — telling one, “You are ********!” and “I’m done!” after he was peppered with questions about his reluctance to support President Biden’s mammoth social spending bill. “I’m not negotiating with any of you, OK?” the West Virginia Democrat said as reporters followed him around Capitol Hill. Manchin added, raising his voice: “You guys, let me go. This is ********. You are ********! OK? I’m done! I’m done! God Almighty.” The centrist senator appeared to be swiping at journalist Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post when he said “you...

Video that has resurfaced after the new Massachusetts US attorney was narrowly confirmed by the US Senate, with Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, shows President Joe Biden's latest appointee angrily confronting journalists in January 2021 over a road rage incident in which she cut off a white motorist and then appeared to impersonate a police office in a Boston parking lot. Biden tapped Suffolk Country District Attorney Rachael Rollins to lead the US Attorney's Office in Massachusetts in July. On Wednesday she made history as the first black woman to be confirmed in the role by the Senate, when...

President Joe Biden participated in a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday morning as tensions with the Kremlin increase over a possible invasion of Ukraine. The call lasted for two hours. While the White House press pool wasn't allowed into the meeting, reporters for Russian state media were and released footage of the call. Russian state TV shows start of meeting between Biden and Putin pic.twitter.com/pX1GqefSty— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) December 7, 2021"I hope next time we can meet in person," President Biden can be heard telling Putin on their video call.Russia allowed state media in for a short...

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to a question on how Democrats are addressing concerns about the economy and inflation by stating he wishes reporting would mention that the reconciliation bill is paid for. During a discussion on the spending bills, co-host John Berman asked, “How are Democrats addressing what are growing concerns among the American people, A. about the economy, but B. about inflation and prices, just getting out of this pandemic?”