Senate declared ‘the press is not the enemy’ in non-binding resolution after the president called media ‘the opposition party’The Guardian view on the press and Trump: speaking truth to power

The Republican-led Senate unanimously adopted a resolution saying the press “is not the enemy of the people” and instead plays a “vital and indispensable” role to inform the electorate, an indirect swipe at President Donald Trump who just hours earlier attacked the media.

Hundreds of newspaper editorial boards across the country answered a nationwide call Thursday to express disdain for President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media, while some explained their decision not to do so. The same morning,...

'It is very bad for our Great Country,' Donald Trump says

Washington (AFP) - US newspapers big and small hit back Thursday at Donald Trump's attacks on the news media with a coordinated campaign of editorials, triggering a fresh tirade from the president on Twitter.

Editor's note: With this editorial, The Dallas Morning News joins more than 200 newspapers across the country that are publishing editorials today on the importance of the First Amendment.