AOC sounds off on upcoming Trump-Mamdani meeting at White House
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is prepared to meet with anybody ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump.
Asked by a reporter on Thursday what her expectations were for the meeting, the congresswoman said, “We’ll see.”
“Obviously, the mayor-elect is going to be preparing for his inauguration,” she said. “Of course, he’s indicated that he’s willing to sit down with anybody and everybody. So we’ll see.”
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Ocasio-Cortez was also asked if there were any policy issues the mayor-elect should address in his meeting with Trump.
“I think we let Zohran lead. He’s been elected to lead New York City. I trust him as the mayor-elect, he’ll do what he thinks is best for the city of New York,” she said.
“We’ll see how it goes,” she added.
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Trump announced on Wednesday that he will meet with Mamdani at the White House this week.
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Further details to follow,” the president said.
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The meeting would mark the first encounter between Trump and Mamdani since the Democratic socialist’s victory in New York’s mayoral race earlier this month.
Mamdani, a state assemblyman from Queens, is set to take office in January.
Three bodies in three days — serial killer speculation grips community
Florida authorities are pushing back on social media rumors about a “serial killer on the loose” in Jacksonville after three women were found dead in separate incidents over three days.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) addressed the speculation directly on Tuesday, emphasizing that the cases are unrelated and urging calm as investigations continue.
“JSO is aware of rumors circulating about a serial killer on the loose in Jacksonville. We can confirm these claims are FALSE,” the agency wrote Tuesday on social media.
The department added that detectives are investigating each case individually, “following the facts and evidence,” adding “there is no danger to the public related to these incidents.”
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Despite that clarification, speculation continued to spread online, with many users drawing comparisons to crime thrillers or past serial killer cases.
“Isn’t this what the police say in every serial killer movie?” one Facebook user wrote.
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Others invoked infamous cases like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, arguing that police in those eras also downplayed initial warnings.
Worries spread over the weekend after three women were found dead in different parts of Jacksonville within three days.
On Saturday, 24-year-old Cherrish Nunley, a mother of two, was found fatally shot in a parking lot, according to News4Jax. A GoFundMe page created for her family described her as a devoted mother and “a bright, beautiful girl” who was “killed in cold blood.”
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The following day, a fisherman discovered the body of Tiffany Felton beneath a bridge on Blanding Boulevard, FirstCoastNews reported.
“This was an unnecessary killing,” AJ Jordan, outreach coordinator with MAD DADS, told the outlet. “Him or her left this lady under a bridge, under a bridge. It’s just, it’s just sad.”
On Monday, deputies were called to a rooming house in the city’s Phoenix neighborhood, where another woman was found unresponsive, according to FirstCoastNews. A sheriff’s sergeant told the outlet that details surrounding her death were not immediately clear.
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Investigators say that, at this stage, the cases do not appear connected. Police have not confirmed whether any suspects have been identified or taken into custody.
While online speculation remains intense, authorities reiterated that there is no evidence linking the deaths or suggesting a broader threat.
“3 bodies in 3 days? Forgive me, but you can’t credibly say it’s not a serial killer if you haven’t solved it yet,” one skeptical user wrote.
Another commented, “Well… honestly there probably one or two, but we just don’t know about it yet.”
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“Our detectives are investigating recent homicide cases that involve female victims, following the facts and evidence in each case. We will share updates as soon as we are able to, but we want to reassure the community there is no danger to the public related [to] these incidents,” the department said.
CDC makes stunning reversal on vaccines and autism after years of debate
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website with a new stance on the potential link between vaccines and autism.
The new wording on the CDC’s site states, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism‘ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.”
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The agency noted that the statement “vaccines do not cause autism” has been “historically disseminated” by the CDC and other federal health agencies in an effort to prevent vaccine hesitancy.
Previously, the CDC page stated, “Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD).”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a “comprehensive assessment” of potential causes of autism, the CDC stated.
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Those include investigations on “plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.”
The header “Vaccines do not cause autism” remains on the page but is followed by an asterisk indicating that it was not removed because of a prior agreement rather than because the evidence supports it.
The Children’s Health Defense applauded the CDC’s updated web page.
“Finally, the CDC is beginning to acknowledge the truth about this condition that affects millions, disavowing the bold, long-running lie that ‘vaccines do not cause autism,’” Mary Holland, president and CEO of Children’s Health Defense in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital.
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“No studies have ever proved this irresponsible claim; on the contrary, many studies point to vaccines as the plausible primary cause of autism. Thankfully, HHS has now launched a comprehensive assessment on the causes of autism, including an investigation of plausible biological mechanisms.”
Other medical organizations have spoken out against the possibility of vaccines contributing to autism.
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“Studies have repeatedly found no credible link between life-saving childhood vaccines and autism,” The American Academy of Pediatrics states on its website.
“Scientists are learning more about potential causes of autism all the time. One thing we know with certainty is that vaccines are not one of the causes. There is no single, root cause of autism.”
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The latest CDC data show that for children aged 8 years (born in 2014), about one in 31 (3.2%) were identified with autism spectrum disorder. In 2000, about one in 150 (0.67%) children were diagnosed.
Fox News Digital reached out to physicians and to the HHS requesting comment.
Eric Swalwell announces run for California governor, vows to be ‘protector and fighter’
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced on Thursday he is launching a campaign for California governor in 2026.
The congressman and longtime foe of President Donald Trump made the announcement during an appearance on the late-night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“He’s going to hate tonight’s episode,” Swalwell wrote on X in response to a social media post from the president criticizing Kimmel for being “biased” and having “no talent.”
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The Democrat lawmaker vowed to be a “protector and fighter” if elected governor.
Swalwell told the San Francisco Chronicle ahead of his announcement that the next governor of the Golden State should have two objectives.
“One, keep Trump out of our homes, streets and lives,” he said, adding that the second is to “write the story of a new California on lower prices, on business growth and modernizing the state.”
“I’m running to be a governor for all Californians,” he later told MediasTouch. “I’m the son of two Republicans, the son of a cop, and I grew up in a law-enforcement family. I worked as a prosecutor myself. I know that whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat in this state, public safety for yourself, your kids, and your community is a top priority.”
Swalwell is seeking to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom, also a Democrat, after the 2026 gubernatorial election.
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Other candidates include former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and billionaire activist and 2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer for the Democrats and former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco for the Republicans.
Newsom, who is term limited as governor, has been floated as a potential top candidate for the Democratic presidential primary in 2028.
Park rangers track down visitor who confronted Yellowstone wolves with mystery spray
National Park Service (NPS) rangers tracked down and cited a man who was seen on video approaching a wild wolf pack at Yellowstone National Park and spraying them with a suspicious substance.
Footage showed the unidentified man hopping toward the unbothered animals, seemingly taunting them as they retreated.
As he was backing up, the wolves started running toward him, at which point he started spraying an unknown substance in their direction.
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NPS officials said the incident was reported to rangers, who later found and cited the man.
It is unclear what led the man to make the brazen advance, or what was in the spray captured on video.
While the incident remains under investigation, it does not appear the animals were harmed.
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“We would recommend all visitors remember the following: Wolves may look beautiful, even fluffy from a distance, and that is part of their appeal. But they are still powerful wild predators, and treating them like pets puts both visitors and the animals at risk,” NPS wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The National Park Service reminds all visitors that while our parks are open and accessible, they remain true wilderness. Wildlife are unpredictable and approaching them puts people and animals at risk.”
They added when visitors get too close to wildlife, they may feel threatened and act in self-defense, especially if their young are nearby.
“It is the visitor’s responsibility to maintain a safe distance at all times,” the NPS wrote. “Never approach, feed or disturb wildlife. If an animal moves toward you, back away and give it space. Zoom with your lens, not with your feet.”
Human interaction can also harm wildlife by becoming habituated to human presence, which increases the likelihood of dangerous encounters and can disrupt hunting, feeding and breeding behaviors, according to the NPS.
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In some cases, animals that become too familiar with people must be relocated or euthanized to protect public safety.
Paulina Porizkova, 60, strips down to underwear to share body positive message
Paulina Porizkova stripped down to her lingerie as she shared a message about body positivity and embracing aging with confidence.
On Wednesday, the 60-year-old supermodel posted a “get ready with me” video, a popular Instagram trend in which users show their routines and talk to their followers while getting dressed.
At the beginning of the clip, Porizkova stood in a living room while wearing a beige bathrobe with matching slippers and glasses.
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“There’s something very calming in watching videos of women getting dressed for the day. “And, so, here’s my contribution,” she said as she untied her bathrobe and turned around.
Turning back to the camera, Porizkova appeared in a lacy lavender-colored bra and beige underwear.
“A five-year-old bathrobe, four-year-old underwear from Victoria’s Secret, a bra from ThirdLove (which by the way is great) and here are my hip scars from my lateral hip replacement,” she said as she struck several poses.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover star began to get dressed, pulling on a pair of her “very favorite” Rag & Bone sweatpant jeans.
“Dressing for the day at home means an elastic waist,” Porizkova said.
She then pulled on a sweater with a squirrel print she said fiancé Jeff Greenstein bought for her.
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Porizkova next put in her contact lenses and joked, “This is what I have to do as a nearly-blind person.”
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After donning a pair of “very old Victoria’s Secret” shearling slippers, the Czechoslovakia-born model tied her hair up into a topknot.
Porizkova then pinched her cheeks, saying, “My only makeup will be a pinch of color.”
The author and blogger concluded her video by posing playfully with a wide smile and told her followers she would be spending the day on her typewriter.
In her caption, Porizkova explained she is “addicted” to “getting ready with me” videos and she wanted to show her fans “what I really do to start my day.”
“If you’re like me, you will also zero in on the shape of my body- and hopefully- think with relief ‘ah, she’s not perfect either,’” she wrote in the caption of her post. “And then you can give yourself a little break and wrap your arms around your imperfect self and give it some love,” she continued. “Because our imperfections are what makes us a perfect original.”
Porizkova’s message of empowerment and self-acceptance comes years after she first started posting unedited selfies, bikini shots and makeup-free photos on social media.
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In a 2023 interview with People magazine, Porizkova explained why she rejects altering her appearance on social media.
“As soon as you start filtering yourself or auto-tuning your photos and stuff, well then, it’s not really all that authentic anymore,” she said. “I feel a responsibility to put myself out there as I am.”
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While speaking with the outlet, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum shared her thoughts on aging.
“One of the incredible things about aging is that you care less and less about what other people think,” Porizkova said. “You’re like, ‘You know what? I’ve done my bit. I’ve been serving everybody else for 50 years. Now, it’s my turn.’”
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While Porizkova admitted she is still searching for “ultimate freedom” from society’s expectations, she said she is grateful for the “enormous” wisdom that’s come with age.
“I know without a doubt that I am the best that I’ve ever been,” the “Thursday” actress said. “Why do I need improvement? I’m in my prime right now. I’m sorry that you think my wrinkles dismiss me from being in my prime, but as a person, as a fully formed woman at the height of her power, this is it.”
Top teachers union in hot water after unearthed training docs reveal radical plan
FIRST ON FOX: One of the top teachers unions in the country is facing criticism over an upcoming training session that will instruct members on how to go through a gender transition at work, including best practices for using gender pronouns and combating transphobia, while also being provided with literature labeling conservative opposition as “villains.”
In a document posted on its website, the National Education Association (NEA) announced to its more than 3 million educator members a slate of training programs, including a session named “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice,” scheduled for Dec. 2-4, 2025. The union will also hold an “Advancing Racial Justice through Union Work” on Jan. 13-15, 2026.
“Understanding this community and their issues are critical to providing support and guidance that is not only inclusive but liberating,” the NEA says about the LGBTQ+ training.
Goals of the training include establishing a “common understandings about the identities under the LGBTQ+ community umbrella,” developing a “shared understanding of the anti LGBTQ+ policy landscape and how to develop counter narratives of inclusion and equity,” deepening “skills and strategies to confront implicit bias, micro-aggressions and stereotypes in the LGBTQ+ community,” and creating “a toolset of tactics for dismantling systems of privilege and oppression as it relates to LGBTQ+ educators and students.”
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Defending Education, an education transparency advocate organization, obtained two packets, a “pre-attendance package” and “participant handouts,” for “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice and Transgender Advocacy” training that help union members prepare for training sessions. The documents are littered with far-left agenda items, including a guide for members who are potentially going through a gender transition at work taken from the Cornell University “Transgender Guide To Transitioning & Gender Affirmation.”
The guide gives “tips” for “coming out” at work and “tips” for “transitioning at work.”
The literature dives into the “debate” about men in girls’ sports, lamenting the fact that “our opposition wins the debate on trans youth in sports against any and all arguments we have tried for our side.”
“Our base and persuadables want to support transgender student athletes, but are extremely susceptible to our opposition’s argument that excluding trans youth is necessary to protect the fairness of women’s sports,” the NEA explained.
The literature then goes into deep detail on several steps to more effectively communicate the benefits of biological men playing in girls’ sports, including the instruction, “reduce the potency of opposition attacks through race-forward, deep, story-based, and culturally specific public education on who transgender people are.”
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The “pre-work” document also featured the “Gender Unicorn,” which Fox News Digital has extensively reported on as a popular tool for transgender activists to promote and break down the idea there are more than two genders. The document includes a coloring book for individuals to mark where they fit on the gender spectrum.
The literature spends two pages explaining the importance of addressing others with the proper gender pronouns and says, “Over the last few years, the transgender community has asked allies to help normalize offering pronouns during introductions, in education, and the workplace to indicate an understanding of trans identities and show that they are a safe person.
“As gender identity and gender expression do not always align, offering pronouns is a way to create a space where people do not need to rely on assumptions of others’ gender.”
Kendall Tietz, investigative reporter at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital that the NEA is sending the wrong message to both educators and students with the DEI training materials.
“Every time we get a look behind the curtain at the National Education Association, its priorities are unmistakable: a race-based, gender-ideology-driven model of activist education,” Tietz explained.
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“A teacher’s job is to teach facts and skills, not train kids to be social justice activists. Yet NEA members are focused on staff transition plans, pronoun pins and a ‘Race Class Gender’ playbook that filters every part of life through a race-and-gender lens and insists no one can ever escape ‘ever-present’ systemic oppression. From the largest bloc of teachers in the country, this rhetoric tells students something devastating: no matter how hard you work, the system is rigged, and you are doomed from the start.”
The training material also contains multiple examples of the NEA lashing out at conservatives.
“The right has exploited ignorance about transgender people and our lack of an affirmative, race-forward message to advance anti-trans attacks, further splinter and impugn the left, and sabotage progressives on a broad range of issues,” the handbook states.
“Over the last ten years, Republicans in state legislatures have increasingly turned to anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation as a powerful complement to their arsenal of racist dog whistles used to whip up fear and consolidate power.”
“Using a Race Class Gender Narrative” is a prominent theme in the literature as the NEA aims to “mobilize our progressive base (particularly Black, AAPI, and Gen Z audiences)” to “marginalize our opposition, and move persuadables across race.”
As part of that narrative, the NEA labels its opponents, presumably conservatives, as “villains” on multiple occasions.
“Name the villains who violate our values, expose their motivation of getting back into or holding onto power, and position them as a barrier to what our families need,” the document explains in a section called, “Architecture of a race-class gender narrative.”
Critical race theory, which the Trump administration has made efforts to root out of academia, is defended in the documents with critics being portrayed as “racist.”
“Recently, they have paired these attacks with fear-mongering about Critical Race Theory, mobilizing their base with a potent mix of racist and transphobic tropes,” the document explains. “Progressives cannot ignore these attacks hoping that simply sticking to economic issues alone will save us. Our appeals on any topic will always be filtered through the noise of this unrelenting fear-mongering and scapegoating on the right.”
Erika Sanzi, senior director of communications for Defending Education, told Fox News Digital, “The NEA is the largest teachers’ union in the country, and they have decided to vilify half the country in an upcoming training. As far as they are concerned, the only reasons anyone could oppose their preferred ideologies are racism and transphobia and they name Republicans as villains, in writing!”
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The NEA has long faced accusations of putting far-left agenda items in front of the educational needs of students, including earlier this month when American Parents Coalition released a “lookout” warning to parents warning of radical indoctrination at both the NEA and American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Sanzi suggested to Fox News Digital that the training documents show the NEA’s federal charter should be questioned.
“Their federal charter was granted because they promised to ‘elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and to promote the cause of education in the United States.’ Seeing as their leadership—and by extension, the organization itself—has morphed into a far-left insane asylum that is actively destroying the cause of education, that charter is no longer defensible.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the NEA for comment.
‘Jaws’ star Richard Dreyfuss estranged from children, son says there’s no inheritance
Richard Dreyfuss’ son revealed he’s been estranged from the legendary “Jaws” actor for the past two years.
Ben Dreyfuss revealed he’s not in contact with his father and neither are his two siblings in since-deleted posts on X.
“Everyone assumes my siblings and I are wealthy from our dad and we’re all a bit too uncomfortable to make it clear, but we have no money from my dad,” Ben began, according to USA Today. “My dad has no money. If he did, we wouldn’t get it since we’ve been estranged ever since some complicated family drama to do with MeToo.”
Ben, who works as a journalist, noted that tensions within the family began several years ago after he shared a social media post supporting his brother, Harry Dreyfuss, from his father’s then-Twitter account. Harry had claimed Kevin Spacey groped him amid the wave of MeToo allegations.
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“That tweet prompted someone to MeToo my dad,” Ben wrote. “He blames us for that.”
Ben later explained why he deleted the X posts on his personal Substack.
“I deleted it because the responses made me uncomfortable – 90% of them were this patronizing, syrupy sympathy I don’t feel I deserve, and the other 10% were from the Krippendorf Hive or some s— being like ‘I love your father and spit his name out of your mouth,’” he explained. “But once I saw it in the newspaper, I realized I’d made myself look ashamed by deleting it. I’m not. I deleted it out of self-loathing, not embarrassment.”
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In his Substack post, Ben shared the last email exchange he had with his father two years ago. “I’ve sent plenty since, but he hasn’t replied,” Ben noted.
Ben’s email to Richard focused on an argument that occurred at a family dinner in 2022.
“I didn’t explain any of this well, and I didn’t even finish the thought before you and Emily started to speak, and we all started to scream at each other about a completely separate tangent over who is to blame for what,” Ben wrote in the email, People magazine reported. Ben claimed he had been trying to “make amends” with Richard for over a year after calling “The Goodbye Girl” actor a homophobic slur during the incident.
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In Richard’s response, the “Jaws” actor claimed Ben thought there was money he was keeping from him.
“AT LEAST KEEP THIS ONE LETTER. IT’LL BE THE LAST ONE UNLESS YOU STOP BEING A COWARD. OR START BEING BETTER THAN YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER,” Richard wrote, the outlet reported.
“AS I TOLD YOU, TO START WRITING ME WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ON THE LAST NIGHT AT THE RESTAURANT. UNTIL YOU ALL WROTE SOMETHING ADDRESSING THE LIES, DISTORTIONS, THAT KEPT A SET OF DIFFERENT FEELINGS, VALUES, KEPT THEM HIDDEN FROM ME, YOU WOULD NOT BE HEARING FROM ME.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to Richard’s representatives for comment.
The Oscar-winning actor is a father to three kids with his ex-wife Jeramie Rain. The two divorced in 1995 and Richard went on to marry Janelle Lacey for six years. Richard has been married to Svetlana Erokhin since 2006.
Richard’s daughter, Emily Dreyfuss, shared her own statement on X after Ben’s posts and Substack.
“Ever since we became estranged from our dad, it’s been nearly impossible for me to write,” she wrote. “For the first time, the thing most on my mind was something I couldn’t talk about. Ben and I have different experiences of this sadness, but I’m relieved it’s finally out in the open now.”
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Psaki slams White House for allowing ‘sycophants’ questions during press briefings
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused the Trump administration of forming a “Kremlin-esque” press corps full of “sycophants” during briefings.
Psaki, who served as press secretary under the Biden administration, discussed her time behind the podium with journalist Katie Couric on Wednesday, contrasting her experience with that of the current administration. The MS NOW host argued that more recently the White House has been “re-shaping” the people in the press pool.
“More and more of the questions in there are by sycophants — by people who are not asking about news that the American people care about,” Psaki said, accusing those reporters of pushing conspiracy theories in their questions.
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She continued, “They are getting a lot of the questions. There are some of the people who are in the press pools. This means that reporters who are there to cover MBS [Mohammed bin Salman] being at the White House or to cover [Volodymyr]Zelenskyy being at the White House or to ask these questions that Mary Bruce fortunately asked yesterday, there are fewer of them. You don’t know that and see that unless you’ve lived there, but that’s a huge, huge problem because it’s becoming more of a Kremlin-esque press corps.”
Couric agreed, saying that the Trump administration has invited “right-wing media outlets” into the press corps. Psaki continued to compare the situation to media in Russia, suggesting that is what the administration wanted.
“It does remind me so much when I was at the State Department and I traveled with John Kerry,” Psaki said. “You’d have like the Kremlin press corps. I mean they were the ‘press corps’ from ‘media,’ I’m putting that in quotes. But they literally reported to the Kremlin, following the foreign secretary around and foreign minister around. That’s what I think maybe they want.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
The Trump administration made several changes to the press pool and reporter access since President Donald Trump took office in January. In February, the White House allowed nontraditional media sites to apply for briefing room access.
Last month, the White House also announced that reporters would no longer be authorized to freely access certain staff offices without an appointment. The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned the decision.
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Current White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the change on “Pod Force One” Wednesday, saying some reporters were caught listening in on private conversations.
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“We felt it became very inappropriate for reporters to be loitering around sensitive information in our offices,” Leavitt said. “And we did unfortunately catch some unruly reporters recording us without our permission, listening in on conversations, eavesdropping.”