{
  "id": 8957253,
  "title": "Conservative 'Squawk Box' host presses Bessent on media ban: 'We don’t do this'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/conservative-squawk-box-host-presses-bessent-on-media-ban-we-dont-do",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:13:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/6101941-bessent-defends-white-house-media-ban/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the White House’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House grounds Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.\" Bessent joined the financial news show just days after President Trump banned members of three news agencies from the White House in response to what he deemed “fake news.”...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}