The Daily Populous

Tuesday November 13rd, 2018 night edition

image for CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta

But the White House action is unprecedented," CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said in an internal memo to staff.

"It demands the return of the White House credentials of CNN's Chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta.

"While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone," the network said.

"If left unchallenged, the actions of the White House would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials.".

The next day, CNN sent a formal letter to the White House repeating the request and warning of a possible lawsuit.

During his presidential campaign, Trump told CNN that, if elected, he would not kick reporters out of the White House.

But since moving into the White House, he has mused privately about taking away credentials, CNN reported earlier this year. »

CNN sues President Trump and White House for banning reporter Jim Acosta

Authored by cnbc.com

"You are a rude, terrible person," Trump responded as Acosta continued to speak into a microphone being passed around to the gaggle of reporters present for the news conference in the White House.

Later Wednesday, Acosta tweeted that he had been denied entrance to the White House grounds.

"While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone," CNN said in a statement Tuesday morning. »

Black security guard who stops shooter is then shot and killed by police

Authored by thehill.com

A police officer responding to a shooting in a Chicago-area bar shot and killed a black security guard who had subdued and disarmed the shooter.

Security returned fire, witnesses told WGN9, and an armed security guard, Jemel Roberson, apprehended one of the men involved outside.

Friends of Roberson told the news station that he planned to become a police officer and was an upstanding man. »

Wishes help keep pediatric patients out of the hospital

Authored by eurekalert.org

Like many patients with such a serious illness, it affects her daily life and as a result, she was diagnosed with clinical depression.

But Cimone's outlook on life completely changed for the better after her wish of going to Paris.

This led to a decline in cost of care even after accounting for the average cost of the wish. »