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The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
Donald Trump's administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday. The subpoenas relate to reporting on the president's new Air Force One jet from Qatar, and the Times has asked a judge to quash them.
NYTimes – Business The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
Officials sought identity of sources ‘long before’ reporters wrote about the president’s Air Force One jet from Qatar Donald Trump’s administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and even those of some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday – an unusually aggressive attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about the president’s Air Force One jet…
NYTimes – Business The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
NYTimes – US Flash floods swept through Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend, hitting Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday afternoon. At least two people were killed and about 15 remained missing or unaccounted for as of late Monday, with further monsoon rains hampering rescue efforts. Dozens were evacuated.
NPR – Politics President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America." Google has updated Google Maps to display "Lake America" for U.S. users while keeping "Lake Ontario" in Canada. Apple is now being pressed by Trump to make the same change; MapQuest said it will not. Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a billboard reading "Lake Ontario — Now and Always."
NYTimes – US The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to let the Trump administration continue building a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, blocking a lower-court order that had halted above-ground work after finding the administration should have sought congressional approval. Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, writing that the construction is likely unlawful.
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