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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, February 25, 2025, in Washington
FREE speech advocates in the United States expressed alarm at Tuesday’s announcement that the White House will take control of the press pool that covers President Donald Trump.
The move represents an unprecedented seizing of control over coverage of the US presidency by any administration.
Traditionally, the members of the pool decide who goes in small spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The plot to build a lavish Dubai-style luxury development where the rich can sun themselves on top of the mass graves of thousands is one of the most bizarre and twisted ideas to come out of the genocide in Gaza, writes ROGER McKENZIE
