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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki tackles the biggest issues of the week and features one-on-one interviews with newsmakers.
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True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 24, 2026The Supreme Court previously blocked Donald Trump's attempt to have the Post Office take over the electoral process.Said by 3CThe Supreme Court on September 14, 2026 declined to let the Postal Service enforce Trump's mail-ballot rule, leaving a lower-court block in place, which is the earlier blocking the post refers to. The sources describe this as a restriction on mail ballots rather than a literal Post Office takeover of elections, but the core assertion that the Court blocked the Post Office's role in this effort holds.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump has attempted to interfere in states' elections.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (AP, Reuters, NPR, NYT, NBC, Stateline) document Trump administration actions to intervene in state elections, including DOJ civil suits against Alaska and California to block ballots from being counted, a DHS purge effort, and orders from federal judges against intimidating election officials. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording and the sources show these attempts, though courts have largely blocked them.True92% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026Jim Acosta challenged being banned from the White House during Donald Trump's first term.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, Politico, CNN) report that a federal judge ordered the White House to restore Jim Acosta's press pass in November 2018 after his ban, and the White House later fully restored it, confirming Acosta successfully challenged the ban during Trump's first term. The claim matches the passage's own description, and the 2026 NPR interview confirms the outcome.Can’t tell45% confidence7 sourcesOct 23, 2026Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Sarah Longwell, and Scott Colom were guests on the podcast episode.The only sources naming these three guests are podcast listings that repeat the episode description the claim was extracted from, so they are circular and not independent confirmation. Independent sources do not address the episode, and the AP piece identifies Scott Colom only as a candidate, not a podcast guest.Can’t tell15% confidence5 sourcesSep 24, 2026The Nixon White House denied Thomas Forsyth a press pass in 1971.Said by ANone of the provided sources mention Thomas Forsyth or any 1971 White House press-pass denial to him; the only support is the claimant's own passage, which cannot corroborate the claim. Sources on Nixon's hostility to the press (e.g., the Washington Post exclusion) are about different referents and do not confirm or refute this specific denial.Can’t tell45% confidence5 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump has violated court orders a thousand times.Said by AThe claim is a rhetorical figure from a guest's remarks ('we've seen him do it a thousand times'), and sources do not count violations to a thousand: AP counts 31 lawsuits plus more than 250 immigration noncompliance instances, and Just Security lists 60 cases. Because the 'thousand' is hyperbole rather than a checkable count, the verdict is unverifiable, though the sources document a large, real pattern of noncompliance.