Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump is defending his decision to ban three major news organizations from the White House.
Trump is accusing CNN, MSNOW, and Politico of spreading what he calls fake news.
It's really just cumulative stories.
Over the last few years, you get sick of it.
And you call them and you tell them, I have very good experts, like people behind me, Bobby Oz, they call.
And they try and explain things to them.
They know that they know it.
They know it as well as smart people.
But they purposely write negative news.
And they do that because they want to try and diminish the Republicans and a Republican administration.
The White House Correspondents Association says the ban threatens the First Amendment
and the public's access to information.
President Trump is expected to meet with the acting president of Venezuela next week.
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump and Delce Rodriguez will hold talks on the sidelines
of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told reporters that the two would meet during a, quote,
poll aside, which is considered a shorter, more casual meeting between the leaders.
The meeting is likely to raise more questions about the future of democracy in Venezuela.
When the U.S.