Omnibus : 2022 Midterm Elections

[Ron in Regina]

A federal judge postponed ruling on Wednesday whether President Donald Trump can arbitrarily ban journalists from covering the White House, delaying the question of restoring press access to three national news organizations

In a virtual hearing Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly did not rule from the bench on restoring credentials for MS NOW, CNN and Politico, which were ejected from the White House grounds and pool on Saturday.

Federal judge delays ruling on Trump’s ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House — MS NOW

The hearing took place as the Trump administration increasingly targets media coverage he argues is unfair to him.

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Lawyers representing the three news organizations alleged that Trump’s ban violates not only the First Amendment but also the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. They also said the ban inhibits affected journalists from effectively doing their jobs.

“The ban irreparably curtails the organizations’ speech — preventing them from being able to publish stories they otherwise would — each day it remains in effect,” the complaint alleged. “The ban also impermissibly chills the speech of other news organizations and journalists, who must now balance conducting their constitutionally protected and vitally important work of reporting on the White House against the risk that coverage the President ‘dislike’ will condemn them to the same fate.”

 

[Ron in Regina]

On Monday morning MS NOW, Politico and CNN announced they are all three suing Trump and several top administration officials, alleging that the ban “could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment.”

CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were barred from the White House on Thursday, just hours after a federal judge deemed US President Donald Trump's ban of the three news outlets likely unconstitutional and ordered their access ‌immediately restored.

The news organizations responded by requesting an immediate hearing before US District Judge Tim Kelly, whose ruling overnight ordered a halt to the ban for 14 days in a major setback for Trump. It is the latest in a series of confrontations over press freedom that have played out over the past week in the courtroom and White House grounds.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico denied access to White House despite judge's order — Reuters

CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were barred from the White House on Thursday, just hours after a federal judge deemed US President Donald Trump's ban of the three news outlets likely unconstitutional and ordered their access ‌immediately restored.

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Kelly found that the revocation of the White House credentials of the journalists "likely violated their constitutional due process rights." The judge, who Trump appointed in 2017 during his first presidential term, also raised doubts about the US Department of Justice's national security arguments for justifying the ban, noting that Trump himself had said the action was due to what the president alleged was false or negative coverage.

Chinese press allowed in White House today but not MS NOW, CNN and Politico: WH Journalist — MS NOW

Overnight, D.C. District Court Judge Tim Kelly issued an order requiring the Trump administration to immediately reinstate MS NOW, CNN, and Politico’s White House access. But, this morning, MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López was denied access. She shares her experience. Former U.S...

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CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters regain entry to White House — NBC News

CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters have now been allowed back at the White House after a judge blocked President Trump’s ban. All three outlets had been turned away earlier in the day despite a judge’s order that the White House temporarily reinstate their access.

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[Ron in Regina]

Funny how no one is talking about the previous administration doing the same . Amazing how that always happens .

It is interesting that nobody is talking about the Biden administration banning specific entire news outlets from the White House while not banning others. Can you give a couple names for example, examples of these specific news agencies that the Biden administration banned from the White House? Or do you mean the previous to the Biden administration? Or do you mean previous to the previous Trump administration?

There have been previous instances of administrations attempting to limit certain outlets' access. The Obama administration tried to exclude Fox News from participating in a specific press pool interview with an administration official in 2009.

But after objections from the other four networks in the pool, Fox News was allowed in.

White House restores access to media outlets banned by Trump after judge's order — BBC News

CNN, Politico and MS NOW were allowed back into the White House after some of their staff were earlier turned away.

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[Ron in Regina]

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters said Wednesday he expects his party to hold on to its majorities in both chambers of Congress during November’s midterms, predicting the GOP will claim 220 seats in the House and 53 in the Senate.

“But listen, I would say, ‘Bet on us.’ If you look at what we’ve done over the last two years, we have better candidates across the country in both the Senate and the House races, we have a lot more resources to spend,” Gruters told host Blake Burman on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”

“And then we have our secret weapon and president, Donald J. Trump, and I say that because we’re going to barnstorm the country,” he continued. “We’re going to do lots of rallies … and we’re going to deliver for the American people.”

Gruters’s position comes just after polling numbers suggested President Trump’s approval ratings have dipped to a career low — political baggage his party will have to grapple with come November.

RNC chair predicts GOP keeps House, 53 Senate seats — The Hill

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters said Wednesday he expects his party to hold on to its majorities in both chambers of Congress during November’s midterms, predicting the GOP will claim 220 seats in the House and 53 in the Senate.

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US Senate Republicans aim to improve their election prospects by voting on legislation that seeks to protect consumers from rising electricity bills caused by data centers, hoping to win over voters struggling with inflation stoked by President Donald Trump's war with Iran.

Republicans had the ‌option to depart Washington on Thursday and stay out until after the November 3 midterm election. But they chose to return next week to take up the Ratepayer Protection Act at the behest of Senator Jon Husted, who is trailing the Democratic candidate, former Senator Sherrod Brown, in Ohio, a state Trump won by more than 11 points in 2024.

Republicans believe their votes in favor of the bill will demonstrate their commitment to helping voters focused on a cost-of-living crisis, with polls showing broad opposition to data centers despite Trump's support for their development.

Hurt by Trump, Senate Republicans plan to bolster affordability credentials before midterms — Reuters

US Senate Republicans aim to improve their election prospects by voting on legislation that seeks to protect consumers from rising electricity bills caused by data centers, hoping to win over voters struggling with inflation stoked by President Donald Trump's war with Iran.

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Artificial intelligence, the super technology with humanlike capabilities, will be referred to by the United States as “super intelligence,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Trump made the announcement during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly after he and the White House polled the public on X and Truth Social about potential alternative names.

“From this point forward, ⁠all ⁠of United ⁠States documents, and hopefully the world’s, will be ⁠changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super’ as ⁠opposed to ‘artificial.’ So it’s super ⁠intelligence,” Trump said. It’s unclear why let alone when the change will take place or how it will be implemented.

In social media polls, Trump floated other alternative names such as “extreme intelligence” and “superior intelligence.”

Trump says he’s renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’ — The Washington Post

The change, which he said will be reflected on government documents, comes amid growing anxiety about artificial intelligence.

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Inflation on groceries and gas hits everyone. But skyrocketing diesel prices aim a missile squarely at the voters Trump can least afford to alienate. Only a highly specific demographic at the pump, after all, knows its way around the diesel nozzles. Fully 90 percent of diesel truck buyers are men. More than 84 percent identify as white. Most strikingly of all, truckers have a ram-tough party ID. According to one analysis, Republicans purchase eight heavy-duty trucks for every one purchased by a Democrat.

We Now Know the Word That’s Going to Bury Donald Trump This November — The New Republic

There’s a very specific demographic out there that voted Trump in 2024 but really doesn’t like spending $179 to fill their tanks.

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