The comedian Amber Ruffin had been slated to perform at the event in April. The correspondents’ association said it wanted to avoid focusing “on the politics of division.”
Category: News and News Media
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U.S. Judge Orders Halt to Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Voice of America
Voice of America journalists had argued in a lawsuit that the administration’s actions violated their First Amendment rights.
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Trump Could Hand China a ‘Strategic Victory’ by Silencing Voice of America
Generations of Chinese, including our columnist, turned to U.S. government-run outlets for an education in democracy, rights and the English language.
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Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing
Dark pronouncements by Republicans about a “communist agenda” espoused by public media were intercut with lighter references to “Sesame Street” and “Curious George.”
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PBS Rejects Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Claims About Drag Queens on Shows
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized PBS for featuring a drag queen named Lil Miss Hot Mess in its children’s programming.
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Voice of America Director Sues Trump Officials Over Shutdown
The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration’s bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.
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Who Are the CEOs of NPR and PBS, Katherine Maher and Paula Kerger?
The two public media organizations will be represented before Congress by executives with very different résumés.
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PBS and NPR Funding Has Been Threatened Before
Republicans in Congress have made several attempts to defund NPR and PBS over the last half-century.
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Who Is Jeffrey Goldberg?
Mr. Goldberg, who was included on a private text thread discussing war plans, was a longtime national security reporter who became editor of The Atlantic in 2016.
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Trump Campaign Aide Chris LaCivita Sues The Daily Beast for Defamation
The lawsuit accuses the news site of knowingly publishing false information about how much Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign manager, was paid by the campaign.
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Trump Attacks Reporting on Musk War Plans Meeting
A planned Pentagon briefing, in which Elon Musk would learn military plans for any potential war with China, did not go forward after reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.