US networks pull the plug on Trump’s live address due to ‘lies’

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Trump announced he was ending the program and giving Congress until March 5 to come up with a legislative replacement.

Several US TV networks late on Thursday halted live coverage of US President Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation. Trump unleashed a flood of incendiary and unsubstantiated claims in a 17-minute address, ins

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