The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect Monday. The administration is appealing the decision and arguing with the news outlet over whether it needs to change anything until those appeals are exhausted.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit set a Thursday hearing on Trump’s request that any changes be delayed while case is reviewed. The AP is fighting for more access as soon as possible.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
    46·
    2 days ago

    Yet more evidence that it doesn’t actually matter in the eyes of the Trump administration what the law says, or what a judge says, if there is nothing behind it to physically make them follow it or face actual consequences.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      19 hours ago

      Yet more evidence that Americans can’t identify threats with even a shred of accuracy.

      Like, when we were all saying “He’s gonna be a dictator!” and he was all like “I’m gonna be a dictator!” and then he gets into office and starts doing a dictatorship suddenly everyone is 😮