Articles for Press Access

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member
1 month, 3 weeks ago

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. “I’ve been consistent about that with anyone I’ve talked to about this.” Johnson earlier in the day …

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Don't Press for Green Power Open Access: TS Energy Minister
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't Press for Green Power Open Access: TS Energy Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Energy Minister G.Jagadish Reddy urged industrialists not to press for green energy open access as the state government had certain social obligations to fulfill in the power sector. ‘Open access’ enables large power consumers with more than 1 MW connected load to buy relatively cheaper power directly from power producers in the open market. Green energy open access is …

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White House journalists press U.S. officials on lack of access during Modi-Biden bilateral and G-20
1 year, 4 months ago

White House journalists press U.S. officials on lack of access during Modi-Biden bilateral and G-20

The Hindu  

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre were grilled by the press traveling with U.S. President Joe Biden on the relative lack of access they would have to Mr Biden’s meetings in New Delhi, particularly Mr Biden’s bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Several senior U.S. officials had worked on press access, Mr …

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Germany, France, U.K. press Iran to provide atomic site access
4 years, 6 months ago

Germany, France, U.K. press Iran to provide atomic site access

The Hindu  

The board of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency on June 19 adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the Russian representative said. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Ambassador to international organisations in Vienna, tweeted that his country and China had voted against the …

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Press must have access to White House -- Anne McGill
5 years, 7 months ago

Press must have access to White House -- Anne McGill

Associated Press  

This letter to the editor is in response to the White House limiting press passes to “special credentialing,” which means that only those members of the press approved or selected by the president or press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will have access to the White House. These press censures make us more like North Korea every day. Maybe instead of …

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Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam: All the latest updates
5 years, 10 months ago

Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Pyongyang seeks partial, not total, sanctions relief in exchange for closing its main nuclear plant, says N Korean FM. Analyst: US, N Korea must ‘quickly, publicly’ reaffirm commitment to diplomacy Mintaro Oba, a former US diplomat, cautions against “overstating the negative significance” of the no-deal summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi. ‘Impossible to solve in one go’: China, Russia …

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