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White House says it's not preparing to ban diesel exports
The White House on Wednesday denied a report that it is planning a 90-day ban on diesel exports as Americans struggle with high gas prices. The report, from Politico, cites five people familiar with the discussions and says that the legal process for the export ban was still being worked out.
What the coverage shows
Most outlets converge on the White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico and on the administration’s court defense, especially the claim that access is a privilege and that national security justifies it. NBC News, CBS News, CNBC, the Guardian and CNN foreground the Justice Department’s legal filing, while Axios also highlights immediate fallout for the press pool and the later Reuters item is unrelated. The New York Times alone in this set explicitly links the press-ban framing to Trump’s D.C. arch and other plans.
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