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The administration’s AP fight was still hanging over the White House on February 24, with the outlet barred for refusing to mirror Trump’s “Gulf of America” decree. The dispute had already drawn warnings that the government was retaliating over editorial language. Instead of backing off, the White House kept framing the clash as discipline for disobedience.
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The administration’s AP fight was still hanging over the White House on February 24, with the outlet barred for refusing to mirror Trump’s “Gulf of America” decree. The dispute had already drawn warnings that the government was retaliating over editorial language. Instead of backing off, the White House kept framing the clash as discipline for disobedience.
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The administration’s AP fight was still hanging over the White House on February 24, with the outlet barred for refusing to mirror Trump’s “Gulf of America” decree. The dispute had already drawn warnings that the government was retaliating over editorial language. Instead of backing off, the White House kept framing the clash as discipline for disobedience.
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