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President Donald Trump snapped at a female reporter asking about press access, telling her "quiet" and then pointing at her and calling her "fake news."

The exchange unfolded Saturday as Trump spoke with reporters before departing the White House, according to video of the gaggle posted by the White House.

"Do you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press corps?" the female reporter, who isn't visible on camera, asked....

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters who receive classified information about Department of Justice investigations that they could face legal consequences, The Hill reported on Tuesday.

The subpoena warning comes as alarm has heightened over the White House's efforts to target news organizations that have criticized the Trump administration. According to recent reports from CNN and The Wall Street Journal, Trump has been pressuring the DOJ to pursue subpoenas connected to Iran war operation leaks in an effort to identify their sources.

"To the media asking about DOJ investigating the leaking of classified information: Prosecuting leakers who share our nation’s secrets with reporters, in turn risking our national security and the lives of our soldiers, is a priority for this administration," Blanche wrote in a post on X early Tuesday....

President Donald Trump took a jab at The New York Times and CNN during a press conference at the White House on Thursday.

The president had a meltdown over some of the important reporting around the Iran war and his administration when he pointed to The Times, a news organization Trump has had a contentious relationship throughout his political career. He has frequently attacked the newspaper on social media, called it "fake news" and referred to the publication as an "enemy of the American people."

"And yet in I read in The New York Times, I see it on the stupid CNN, which I only watch because you have to watch a little bit of the enemy, so I watch it for a very short period," Trump said. ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt directly attacked CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday during the first press briefing since the United States and its ally Israel launched military strikes against Iran.

Leavitt had made several comments criticizing media coverage of the Trump administration and went after reporters at the White House, specifically Collins and CNN.

The Trump administration has presented several different objectives since launching its military operation five days ago — with Cabinet members and even President Donald Trump giving conflicting information over what prompted the attacks and led to the regional conflict that has now left six American troops dead. ...

David Ellison, son of the billionaire Larry Ellison and the chief executive of Paramount Skydance, was a guest at President Donald Trump's State of the Union on Tuesday night.

It was considered an interesting move as Paramount is "seeking to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal that Trump has promised to 'be involved' in," The New York Times reported. "Ellison’s presence may raise eyebrows at Netflix, the rival bidder."

Paramount, which leverages the wealth of Larry Ellison's empire, has cultivated a relationship with the Trump administration. The company is in a bidding war with Netflix for control of Warner Bros. Discovery....

A longtime adversary of President Donald Trump has a plan for a key group to take away what Trump craves the most — attention.

EX-CNN journalist Jim Acosta, who was targeted by Trump during his first administration, described in an interview with MS NOW what it might take for Trump to stop attacking the media, after the arrest of independent journalists former CNN anchor Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and several others who were targeted by the Department of Justice last week.

Acosta signaled that Trump's deep concern over the fate of the midterm elections in November has fueled his latest attacks on the press. ...