What happened: A press freedom index has given the Americas its lowest average ranking since it started recording results six years ago.
Cross-source context: Jacobin highlights the Trump administration’s Shield of the Americas summit in Miami convened leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean’s emboldened reactionary bloc. True to form, the president ensured the summit was a ritual of humiliation and debasement. Mother Jones highlights last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conducted a remarkably peevish press conference on the United States and Israel's attacks on Iran. At various points, journalists in the breifing room asked—reasonably enough—whether there was “a concern of this spiraling into... /news/ - News highlights mandatory conscription imminent: WH Press Secretary - "/news/ - Current News; is 4chan
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