Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party says that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station. The happened incident happened Saturday on the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. The voting to elect members of the State Duma is Russia’s first parliamentary election since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The three-day election features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. Yabloko said that officials at the polling station accused a party election observer of attempting to “disrupt the elections” and called the police which “used force” against him.

President Donald Trump says he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow. Trump wrote on his social media site Friday that effective immediately, “I am banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” It is the administration’s latest test of constitutional First Amendment protections.

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FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, center, is surrounded by journalists and shareholders as he stops by a model railroad while touring the exhibit floor where Berkshire subsidiaries display their products in Omaha, Neb., April 30, 2011, prior to presiding over the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)