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White House spat with AP over ‘Gulf of America’ ignites fears for press freedom in second Trump era

A federal judge in the District Court of Columbia will shortly decide if the US president, Donald Trump, is allowed to dictate the terms of service of the Associated Press (AP), the US wire agency that proudly proclaims it is read by 4 billion people every day.

The Conversation

Jeff Bezos pitched Trump a different VP pick last summer – months before he pulled endorsement for Harris, new book claims

The genesis of the Bezos-Trump alliance is said to have been fostered over a phone call last summer

The Independent UK

Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’

Lauded former editor ‘appalled’ by billionaire newspaper owner’s overhaul of opinion section to narrow focus

The Guardian - US

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Memo to Jeff Bezos: Never has a free press been more important

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The new US power brokers claim to venerate free speech – until someone disagrees with them

The Independent UK

The king of his Cabinet: Musk or Trump?

In less than six weeks, Donald Trump has forever changed the country

Salon

Jeff Bezos 'Restricts' Washington Post Op-Ed Section, Earns Praise From Elon Musk But Editor Quits

The opinion editor of The Washington Post resigns as Jeff Bezos implements changes, while Elon Musk unexpectedly supports the billionaire's actions.

International Business Times UK

A straight white woman from Ohio is the focal point of a discrimination lawsuit that could reshape the legal landscape

The Supreme Court may alter Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act after a white woman challenged her ability to file a discrimination lawsuit in comparison to minorities.

Fortune

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Internet Roasts Jeff Bezos For Washington Post Opinion Section Demands: 'You Are Basically Self-Censoring'

Jeff Bezos, The Washington Post's billionaire owner, recieved harsh criticism from social media users after taking to online platforms to announce that the publication will only publish certain types of pieces in its opinion section.

Latin Times

Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell

‘I couldn’t be more sad and disgusted,’ says former top editor Martin Baron

The Guardian - US

World’s wealthiest man Elon Musk has been entrusted with federal cost-cutting while his businesses have collected a reported $38 billion in government funds—including millions loaned to Tesla when it was struggling

Almost two-thirds of the $38 billion in funds were pledged to his businesses in the past five years, per the report.

Fortune

Washington Post Editor Quits Rather Than Bending to Bezos' Demand to Eliminate Opposing 'Viewpoints' From Opinion Section

Changes made to the operations of The Washington Post's Opinion section by the outlet's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, have caused the publication's Opinion Editor to resign from his position.

Latin Times

Washington Post staffers outraged at Jeff Bezos’ stunning plan for opinion pages that prompted top editor to quit

‘I have a feeling this isn’t gonna bring back the 250k subs,’ one Post reporter wrote in the paper’s Slack channel on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’

Opinion editor leaves as Amazon executive and newspaper owner says ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’

The Guardian - US

Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct

Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline

The Guardian - US

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Trump is reportedly planning a Postal Service takeover. The White House denies any such executive order is in the works

The president is expected to sign an executive order that would fire the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service and leave the agency to the Commerce Department and secretary Howard Lutnick, per reports.

The Conversation

We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to ‘contain’ people of color and immigrants

President Donald Trump has vowed to target his political enemies, and experts have warned that he could weaponize U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct mass surveillance on his targets.

Latin Times

Advocacy Group Slams Washington Post for Backing Out of 'Fire Elon Musk' Ad: 'Are They Fearful of Trump's Reaction?'

The advocacy group's president blamed The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos' close relationship with President Trump as the reason the ad was pulled.

Reason

When Yoga Sparked a Sex Panic

"Hindu mystics" with "swarthy faces and dreamy-looking eyes" once had Uncle Sam in a tizzy.

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Latin Times

Border Crossings Have Plummeted Under Trump, But They Could Climb Again After a 'Wait-And-See' Period

Dara Lind, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told the Wall Street Journal that a decrease is not uncommon when administrations change

The Guardian - US

State department orders cancellation of media subscriptions around world

Foreign posts told to end all ‘non-mission critical’ news subscriptions in Trump directive that will ‘endanger lives’

The Independent UK

Now Social Security acting commissioner exits agency after clash with Elon Musk

‘They will break it, and they will break it fast,’ a former Biden Social Security commissioner warned of the program

Latin Times

CIA Set To Take Larger Role In Fight Against Cartels, Including Potential Covert Actions

CIA Director John Ratcliffe plans to apply counterterrorism methodologies developed over the past two decades to operations targeting the cartels, The Washington Post reported

TechRadar

Alexa’s big AI revamp might have been delayed again, and I’m losing faith Amazon's new assistant will be all that smart

Alexa’s big AI revamp may have just been delayed, again – and it sounds like Amazon’s assistant is getting dumber rather than smarter.

The Guardian - US

IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data

US agency reviewing request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of US taxpayers

Fortune

Elon Musk's DOGE team wants access to the tax information of every American

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is seeking access to sensitive taxpayer data held by the IRS. A 25-year-old staffer is reportedly set to gain access to it.

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