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Media Attorneys Ask Court for Help in Preventing White House Ban Until Legal Case Is ResolvedWASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic example of “viewpoint discrimination” that is punishing people for what they say — and restricting the media outlets' First Amendment rights.
Rogers and El-Sayed Are Set for Their First Debate in Michigan's Senate Race After Online SparringGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, competing for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, are set for their first campaign debate Thursday after weeks of sparring both online and in advertisements that are flooding the state in one of the nation’s most closely watched races.
The Latest: Trump Doesn’t Commit to Repaying Federal Funds Already Spent on Controversial AdsA day after President Donald Trump said he would start paying for controversial taxpayer-funded ads with a campaign account, there’s no sign he plans to refund the millions of federal dollars already spent on them. A White House official insisting on anonymity said Trump's promises don't mean there's any reimbursement coming for the $12 million worth of…
ABC and Trump's FCC Battle in Federal Court Over Issues of Free Speech and JurisdictionWASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, likening it to a looming execution by guillotine that was already chilling the network’s editorial decisions just weeks before the U.S. midterm elections.
Arkansas Campaign Ad Sparks Conservative Backlash for Portraying Lazy Welfare Recipient as WhiteLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state's stricter rules for people on Medicaid. No more could able-bodied people lounge around while receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare, she said — they needed to work.