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Opinion: Air Force One and the great pillowcase plunder

US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Minneapolis-Sait Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 1, 2022. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Air Force One and the great pillowcase plunder

Journalists with sticky fingers: NPR's Scott Simon talks about items missing from Air Force One, prompting the White House Correspondents Association to remind reporters to leave these things be.

Opinion: Air Force One and the great pillowcase plunder

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Delusions Or Deceptions? White House 'Alternative Facts' Rile Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer delivers his first press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room on Saturday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Delusions Or Deceptions? White House 'Alternative Facts' Rile Press

President Trump and his top aides spent their first weekend in the White House threatening reporters and insisting on the veracity of demonstrably false statements.

Delusions Or Deceptions? White House 'Alternative Facts' Rile Press

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Donald Trump Bans 'Washington Post' From Campaign Events

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Donald Trump Bans 'Washington Post' From Campaign Events

The action is the latest in a string of moves Trump's campaign has made in denying credentials to news outlets that, in the mind of the billionaire businessman, have not treated him fairly.

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