Every Newsroom Wants Access. Not Every Newsroom Earned It.

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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico lost their White House credentials this week. President Trump made the call Friday. He accused the three of “FAKE NEWS.” By Saturday, it was real. Badges deactivated. Reporters turned away at the gates. The outlets sued Monday. They want a federal court to restore their access, fast. That lawsuit will get the headlines. The more interesting story is what Vice President JD Vance said about it. He cut through the noise. And he did it in a way the outlets themselves would rather avoid. Vance’s point was simple. Nobody is silencing anybody. “They can still

Before the Midterms, a Drug Price Pitch.

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The Trump Administration is about to announce changes to drug prices. All 50 states will get access to most-favored-nation pricing for certain drugs through Medicaid. Semafor broke the story Friday. The president plans to make it official at the White House. He’ll stand with the governors of South Dakota, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The timing is not an accident. The midterms are in November, and prescription costs are on people’s minds. The numbers, if they hold up, are real numbers. The White House Council of Economic Advisers puts state savings at $27.6 billion over ten years. Federal savings: $36.6 billion. That’s

Pound-For-Pound: Piker’s Latest Attack on the U.S.

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Hasan Piker went on Axios this week and said it plainly: America is worse than al-Qaeda. Not close. Worse. “Pound-for-pound as far as the number of deaths, yes,” he told host Alex Thompson, who asked him to compare his country to the group that flew planes into the World Trade Center. This wasn’t a slip. He’s been building to it for years. “America is the top dog in terrorism,” he’d said before. This was him doubling down. On camera. Straight face. “We have caused tremendous terror all around the world,” he said. Then further still — framing it as terror

The Money Shows Up. Now the Voters Have To.

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Say this for the man: he doesn’t like to lose. For months, Republicans worried quietly. Trump’s political machine was sitting on nearly $400 million. Would it move? Or would it just sit there while candidates ran low on gas down the stretch? That worry can stand down now. The New York Post reported this week that Trump’s operation is preparing to spend roughly $138 million to help Republicans hold Congress. About 50 races. More than $130 million of it in ads. The rest in mail and texts, aimed at voters who don’t watch much television anymore. That’s a serious number.

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