Trump Action Archive

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• White House restricts Associated Press access — The White House has restricted the Associated Press (AP) from accessing the Oval Office and Air Force One following a dispute over the AP's refusal to adopt the name "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico." The

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• Elon Musk's Personal Attack on the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — Elon Musk personally attacked the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker on social media platform X, following its release.

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• AP files amended complaint against White House over press pool ban — The Associated Press (AP) has amended its complaint against the Trump administration, challenging the White House's decision to restrict AP journalists from attending presidential events.

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• Washington Post Shifts Editorial Focus — Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced the paper's opinion section would focus on supporting "personal liberties" and "free markets," prompting the resignation of the Opinion Editor and a loss of subscribers.
• Editor of WaPo’s Opinion Page Resigns — The Editor of The Washington Post's Opinion Page, along with several writers, resigned in protest against Jeff Bezos's decision to dictate editorial topics.

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• Federal judge denies AP's request to restore access to presidential events — A federal judge, Trevor McFadden, denied the Associated Press's request for a temporary injunction to restore its access to the Oval Office, Air Force One, and White House events.
• Judge denies AP's request for temporary restraining order — A judge denied the Associated Press's request for a temporary restraining order after the organization was banned from White House briefings for refusing to use the term "Gulf of America." The case is still pending.
• Federal Judge Declines to Issue TRO for AP Access — A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order to allow the Associated Press to regain access to presidential events but urged the Trump administration to reconsider its ban.

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• White House Press Secretary to control press briefing access — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that she will determine which journalists can attend press briefings, ending the long-standing practice of the White House Correspondents' Association managing
• White House to control press pool access — The White House announced it will decide which reporters are allowed into the presidential press pool to cover Trump, taking control from the White House Correspondents’ Association.
• White House to Control Press Pool Access — The White House announced it will decide which news organizations and reporters are allowed into the presidential press pool covering Donald Trump.

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• Trump Calls on Far-Right Journalist at Press Conference — At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump called on Brian Glenn, a far-right journalist, first.

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• Trump Attacks Journalist Joy Reid — On Truth Social, President Trump attacked journalist Joy Reid, calling her "one of the least talented people in television" and a "mentally obnoxious racist." This personal attack follows the cancellation of her show

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• Associated Press sues Trump administration officials for blocking press access — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three officials in the Trump administration for blocking its journalists from presidential events, citing violations of the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections.
• Associated Press Sues Over Press Access Block — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against administrative officials after being denied press access for refusing to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" as directed by Trump.

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• Trump Calls MSNBC a Threat to Democracy — During the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Trump labeled MSNBC as a "threat to democracy." This statement is part of a broader pattern of attacks on media outlets that are critical of his

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• AP Sues Trump Administration — The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration after being banned from government events.
• AP Sues White House Over Press Access — The Associated Press has filed a federal lawsuit against White House officials after being barred from covering presidential events.

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• AP barred from covering White House — The Associated Press has been barred indefinitely from covering the White House and other executive branch briefing rooms due to its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
• Ban on Associated Press journalists from Oval Office and Air Force One — The Trump administration has banned Associated Press journalists from the Oval Office and Air Force One after the news agency refused to comply with an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of
• White House bans Associated Press over naming dispute — The White House has banned the Associated Press from covering its events due to the news outlet's refusal to change its stylebook entry from "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America." This punitive measure reflects Trump's

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• X to pay Donald Trump $10m to settle lawsuit over Capitol attack — Elon Musk's social media platform X has agreed to pay Donald Trump $10 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump after he was banned from the platform following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

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• White House Bars AP Reporters from Press Events — The White House barred two Associated Press (AP) reporters from attending press events after the AP refused to adopt the term "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico," as per President Trump's executive order.
• White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office and Air Force One — The White House, under the Trump administration, has announced an indefinite ban on Associated Press (AP) journalists from accessing the Oval Office and Air Force One.

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• FCC Investigates KCBS for Immigration Reporting — The Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into the San Francisco-based radio station KCBS for its reporting on immigration enforcement actions in San José.

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• Trump Calls for CBS to Cancel ‘60 Minutes’ — President Trump called for CBS to cancel ‘60 Minutes’ and suggested the network should lose its broadcasting license.
• Trump calls for termination of CBS News over editing procedures — President Trump claimed that CBS News "defrauded the public" by editing an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, calling for the network to be "immediately terminated." This statement was made despite the
• — President Trump claimed that CBS News "defrauded the public" by editing a 60 Minutes interview with then–vice president Kamala Harris, insisting that her actual answers were replaced.

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• FCC Cancels POLITICO Subscriptions — The White House announced the cancellation of $8 million worth of POLITICO subscriptions following a conspiracy theory that the news organization was subsidized by USAID funds.
• FCC Reinstates News Distortion Complaint — The Federal Communications Commission released the transcript and full video of Kamala Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview after reinstating a news distortion complaint.

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• Pentagon Implements Media Rotation Program — The Pentagon has announced a new "annual media rotation program" that will replace traditional media outlets with non-traditional ones in its press spaces.

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• Pentagon reallocates press corps seating — The Pentagon informed its resident press corps that NBC, NPR, the New York Times, and Politico would have to "rotate out of the building" to give seats to the New York Post, Breitbart, OANN, and HuffPost.

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• FCC investigates NPR and PBS for airing commercials — FCC chair Brendan Carr opened an investigation into NPR and PBS to determine whether the organizations have been violating federal law by airing commercials.

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• FCC requests unedited CBS interview transcript — The FCC sent a request to CBS News for the unedited transcript of its '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris.

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• Jim Acosta leaves CNN — Jim Acosta announced his departure from CNN, criticizing the network's decision to move him to a midnight time slot and reaffirming his commitment to holding power accountable.

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• Trump calls for MSNBC to lose broadcasting license — President Trump called for MSNBC to lose its broadcasting license on January 22, 2025, through a post on Truth Social, indicating a desire to retaliate against media outlets critical of his administration.