CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access.
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they → say → access
Reporters from the three major news organizations were blocked from the White House on Saturday, a day after Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.”
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he → block → reporting
Meanwhile, Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly.
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Trump → meet → Assembly
The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence.
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meeting → schedule → Mansion
The two will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers.
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two → discuss → city
The White House confirmed the meeting will take place but did not offer more details.
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meeting → confirm → details
Here’s the latest:
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latest → ’ → ?
Trump shattered Canada’s old US relationship.
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Trump → shatter → relationship
Carney is building a new one in Europe
For nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with the United States.
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Canada → build → States
President Trump has turned that dependence into leverage, imposing tariffs, threatening Canada’s sovereignty and openly seeking to pull Canadian industrial production south.
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Trump → turn → production
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has moved on.
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Carney → move → ?
Rather than return to trade talks or wait for the next U.S. president to restore the old relationship, he’s urgently building a future in which Canada is less dependent on America.
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Canada → return → America
Last week, Carney embraced the prospect of Canada becoming the European Union’s first associate member, not as a step toward full membership, but as a way to reduce Canada’s dependence on any single country without ceding control over its own decisions.
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Canada → embrace → decisions
White House Correspondents’ Association president calls for news outlets’ access to be restored
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access → call → ?
The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future,” Jacqui Heinrich said.
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Heinrich → extend → future
“The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.”
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officials → scrutinize → it
US futures climb as oil prices drop and investors await expected Trump-Xi meeting
The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Washington could cover trade, artificial intelligence and geopolitics.
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meeting → climb → trade
Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.7% on Monday, while those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%.
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those → gain → Average
Nasdaq futures climbed 1.1%.
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futures → climb → ?
Oil prices fell more than 3% Monday as vessel traffic and energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz picked up, although the Strait has remained largely closed and uncertainty persisted over U.S.-Iran tensions.
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uncertainty → fall → tensions
Saudi Arabia on Saturday confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile, the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that’s opened a new front in the Iran war.
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that → confirm → war
Trump decries Democrats as ‘communists,’ even as he looks to impress China’s communist leader
This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation, accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his yearslong push to dispute his loss in that year’s election.
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he → decry → election
Even as Trump seeks to decry Democrats as communists ahead of November’s midterm elections, he’s rolling out the red carpet this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country.
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he → seek → country
The state visit comes as the president himself has increasingly directed his administration to take large stakes in private companies to try to stimulate the economy — something even some Republicans decry as corporate socialism.
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Republicans → come → socialism
The contradictions between Trump’s words and actions risk muddying Republican attack lines on Democrats.
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contradictions → risk → Democrats
Trump and Mamdani plan to meet in New York during the president’s upcoming UN visit
Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday
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meeting → plan → Assembly
Bahr said the two will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers.
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two → say → city
The White House confirmed the meeting will take place but did not offer more details.
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meeting → confirm → details
Mamdani, a democratic socialist who upset former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary before winning the general election in November, has been a favorite and frequent political foil for Republicans.
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who → upset → Republicans
But Trump has often been warm to Mamdani and seemed charmed by the young mayor.
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Trump → seem → mayor
Their first meeting after Mamdani’s election was quite cordial, with Trump saying at the White House that the then-mayor-elect would “surprise some conservative people.”
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elect → say → people
The Republican president had called Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” during the 2025 campaign.
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president → call → campaign
CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access.
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they → say → access
Reporters from the three major news organizations were blocked from the White House on Saturday, a day after Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.”
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he → block → reporting
The actions were a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable and were the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States.
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he → run → States
Trump had said Friday he would ban all three outlets because of coverage he disliked.
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he → say → coverage
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