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Two days after @BoutrousTed sent a letter to the DOJ threatening further legal action if the White House keeps excluding CNN from Air Force One, the White House is at it again.
Today is CNN’s turn to fulfill both in-town and out-of-town TV pool duties, but the White House press office left the network off the list for Trump’s trip to South Carolina, so as a result there will be no pooled TV coverage of the trip.
Boutrous said in the letter that he needs to hear back from the administration by Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern, or CNN “will be forced to pursue additional judicial relief…”
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CNN Attorney Warns Trump DOJ It Will "Return To Court" Over Continued Ban On TV Pool Access To Air Force One deadline.com/2026/10/cnn-tru…
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Trump Floated Kicking Press Out of WH and Replacing Briefing Room With a Swimming Pool — NYT's Maggie Haberman Reports mediaite.com/politics/trump/…
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NEW from @nytimes: "More than 220 videos identified by the Wesleyan Media Project...used A.I.-generated fakery in ways large and small this midterm season."
“What we’re seeing with A.I. has surprised even us,” WMP co-director @efranklinfowler told NYT.
nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…
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White House not expected to hire a new press secretary ahead of midterm election. Source familiar tells me: “I wouldn’t expect anything new pre-midterms.”
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Quoting Trump's social media post of today, Judge Reyes orders govt to explain by 8pm whether it still takes the positions it took 2 days ago. Also orders Associate AG Stan Woodward to attend hearing tomorrow.
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NEW: Megadonors have now poured *2.3 billion* into the midterm elections.
Leading the pack is Elon Musk, the world's richest man, who is now the biggest individual political donor in American history.
Six donors have given $100M+. Read here:
washingtonpost.com/elections…
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The best
Laura had no business being as kind as she was while doing the job that she had. She is so very missed. rollcall.com/2026/10/15/jour…
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This is VERY different from how Hannity handled the Zacharia matter on Tuesday.
Sean Hannity to New Press Secretary Katie Zacharia: You Crashed And Burned In First Briefing--"What Happened?"
realclearpolitics.com/video/…
"Am I hearing that you think the staff should have prepped you better?"
"Can I give you some unsolicited advice? That will never be a friendly room to you."
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At least three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source. cnn.it/4B1dCRg
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Now we can say it definitively.
Elon Musk donated $158M to SLF.
SLF donated $158M to Texas PAC.
SLF is Texas PAC's only donor.
Elon Musk is singlehandedly funding Texas PAC, which is boosting Ken Paxton.
Ted Johnson retweeted
It looked like the Paramount-WBD antitrust case was closed. Then a new filing landed in court — from a kid named Alex. He’s from Scranton, he’s pro-merger and he’s sure the companies will “try to get along so very well and proceed on keeping Hollywood alive forever.”
🤖 Made with AI
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Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night.
Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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Judge Rules White House Can't Proceed With Trump's Ban On CNN, MS NOW & Politico deadline.com/2026/10/trump-w…
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Trump calls @BrendanCarrFCC: “The most feared man in government”
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"This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently."
"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars and Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it," @ajgramegna reports military.com/pentagon-names-…
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#WAPol: "I'm Ken Jennings, host of Jeopardy, here with a pop quiz. Did you know Initiative 645 would give millionaires and billionaires a $13B tax break ... It doesn't take a quiz show host to know 645 is wrong for Washington."
Ken Jennings stars in this new ad by No on 645.
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The first press briefing by the new press secretary included only five and a half minutes of questions.
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New press secretary Katie Zacharia worked to get Trump’s attention by timing her TV hits, per @politico Playbook: “Zacharia looked at Trump’s public schedule every day, and monitored his Truth Social, and made sure she was on-air when she assumed he might be watching”
