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THE HILL – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’s access to key White House spaces after it exiled AP reporters over the organization’s refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its popular stylebook. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President Trump, directed the White House to resume allowing the AP into the Oval Office, Air Force One and other limited spaces when they’re made available to other press pool members. The judge also granted the AP’s request for returned access to events open to all credentialed White House reporters, though...

“Liberal bias” or “Democrat bias” are deeply inadequate to describe the attitude among members of the mainstream media. The 'About Us' section on the Associated Press (AP) website declares the following: "Since 1846, we have been breaking news and covering the world’s biggest stories, always committed to the highest standards of accurate, unbiased journalism. We were founded as an independent news cooperative whose members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters, steadfast in our mission to inform the world. To this day, AP remains independent, beholden only to the facts. "From delivering the news via pony express in 1846 to working with...

After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot to seek compliance with his agenda, cutting off money to schools including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. All the while, universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government — a provider of grants and contracts that have amounted to close to half the total revenue of some research universities,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — I've now watched through glass and bars as 11 men were put to death at a South Carolina prison. None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 years later...... I also pored over the transcript of his trial, including how prosecutors said it took less than two minutes for Sigmon to strike...

Here some key projects around the world that AP has confirmed have closed: 1. In Congo, aid group Action Against Hunger will stop treating tens of thousands of malnourished children from May. 2. In Ethiopia, food assistance stopped for more than 1 million people. 3. In Senegal, the biggest malaria project closed. 4. In South Sudan, the International Rescue Committee closed a project providing access to quality health care and nutrition services. 5. In Colombia, program shuttered by the Norwegian Refugee Council left 50,000 people without lifesaving support. 6. In war-torn Sudan, 90 communal kitchens closed in the capital Khartoum....

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency began paying mournful final visits to their abruptly closed Washington headquarters on Thursday, under the administration’s 15-minute windows to clear out their offices while escorted by federal officers. Some staffers wept as they carried out grocery bags and suitcases with what was left from their life’s work. Supporters clapped and cheered outside or drove by tapping their car horns to bolster their spirits. A woman coming back out of the building loaded down...

Legacy media outlets in the United States raised eyebrows over the weekend with glowing coverage of terror leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was praised as a "father figure" with a "propensity to crack jokes." "He was responsible for hundreds of Americans deaths, yet the media here in America is making him look like he’s a good guy," Ainsley Earhardt said Monday on "FOX & Friends" as favorable mainstream headlines appeared on screen. Steve Doocy called it "kind of curious" that the press would describe Nasrallah in such glowing terms. Popular X personality Comfortably Smug responded, "Insane New York Times piece with...

NEW YORK (AP) — Time was, a television reporter assigned to “democracy issues” would have a quiet time on election night sets, occasionally popping up to talk about broken voting machines at a polling place or two. That’s not the case in 2022. Between election deniers and threats to voting rights, news organizations have emphasized the beat. That will continue next Tuesday, with coverage plans for the midterms rounding into shape. CBS News will have its first-ever “Democracy Desk” to look at those issues and how law enforcement is dealing with threats. NBC News’ “Vote Watch Unit” is looking at...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP/WFLA) – Norwegian Cruise Lines is threatening to skip Florida ports because of the governor’s order banning businesses from requiring customers be vaccinated against COVID-19. Norwegian CEO Frank Del Rio says the executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-Florida) banning what he called ‘vaccine passports’ conflicts with federal guidelines that would let cruise ships sail in U.S. waters if passengers and crew members are vaccinated. Legally, lawyers believe that federal law applies and not state law, but I’m not a lawyer. And we hope that this hasn’t become a legal football or a political football. But at the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. They say NOAA’s action risks the credibility of the nation’s weather and science agency and may even risk lives.

Nick Sandmann’s high profile legal team announced Tuesday night they are planning to file a suit every few weeks or month and have at least 10 major targets. According to Axios, CNN became the second news outlet sued by Nicholas Sandmann’s representatives over their coverage of his January encounter with a Native American elder in Washington, D.C. and the Covington Catholic student’s lawyer told Fox News’ “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Tuesday night they plan to file more lawsuits. “We plan to file a suit every few weeks or month,” McMurthy told MacCallum Tuesday night. “At least 10 top targets...

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to stop financial aid to millions of Americans in Puerto Rico still dealing with the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria. The president believes, without evidence, that the Puerto Rican government is using the disaster relief funds to pay off debt rather than help its citizens rebuild, according to Axios. The island nation is still rebuilding after Maria’s destruction more than a year ago; most of the country waited almost 11 months for power to be restored and thousands of people are still displaced after their homes were destroyed. Trump was initially reluctant to send money...

President Donald Trump’s free-wheeling speech Thursday night included several riffs that require a second look, including a false statement about new steel mills and multiple incorrect statements about Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. The statements were made during Trump’s rally in Wilkes-Barre, where the president was stumping for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta. New steel plants Trump credited his tariffs with persuading U.S. Steel Corp. to open a half dozen new plants. That's not accurate, according to The Associated Press.

And the Current Administration calls US, "Paranoid" and they are the ones who are wiretapping the AP.... The AP, pretty much been cheer-leading Obama for them last 6 years and when he gets into power what does he do? He wiretaps them like Nixon.... Oh sure, trust the government, or tell the students at that college last week to trust the government... Oh really... Well what the hell was he expecting from the AP, to Fawn over Obama EVEN MORE than they currently do... That would have actually pushed MORE people to the tea party as they would have seen...