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How will the media cover the Trump White House?
America's White House has never been completely transparent, but the Bill of Rights protects reporters when they try to discover as much as they can. As President, Donald Trump may create new challenges…for journalists and for every American who wants to know.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAmerica's White House has never been completely transparent, but the Bill of Rights protects reporters when they try to discover as much as they can. As President, Donald Trump may create new challenges…for journalists and for every American who wants to know.
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3 storiesDems overhaul Senate leadership
Democrats in the House have deferred their choice of leadership with a possible challenge to long-serving minority chief Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco.
Read the story7 minDonald Trump and "the people's right to know"
The first Amendment protects press freedom. It does not say there has to be a White House Press Corps. Last night, the President-elect defied protocol by slipping away to a restaurant without telling the small pool assigned to him "just in case something happens." Was that the beginning of something new?
Read the story32 minSanctuary cities prepare against threat of deportations
In Sunday's interview with Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes, Donald Trump said he still hopes to round up undocumented people as he's promised since the beginning of his campaign. His advisors are reportedly drafting plans to ramp up pressure on local police and jailers to identify immigrants in the country illegally.
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