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President Trump hits the media in speech to troops

President Donald Trump criticized the news media during a speech to members of the military.  The president, speaking at upstate New York's Fort Drum, claimed 4 million new jobs have been created since his election in November 2016, a number he said, "the media in the back never said would be possible." After President Trump's comment was met with cheers and applause from soldiers in the room, he launched into an aside about the media.  "I'm so proud of myself. I didn't call them the 'fake news media,' " President Trump continued.

Court halts FCC move to lower broadband subsidies for tribal areas

A federal court has blocked the Federal Communications Commission from making changes to its Lifeline broadband subsidy program that would have effectively eliminated benefits for many Native Americans living on tribal lands. A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of the FCC’s order, saying that it would likely cause significant loss of telecommunications service to tribal areas.