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Trump, President of the United States, bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico f | Beginner French class Nº067
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Today's story: Trump, President of the United States, bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in French: Trump, président des États-Unis, interdit à CNN, MS NOW et Politico l'accès à la Maison Blanche
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:34) Three more stories today
(01:35) Today's headline, slowly
(02:05) The headline, word by word
(02:39) Banning something
(03:23) How to apply a rule
(03:58) Freedom of the press
(04:56) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-09-19
TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT
Trump, président des États-Unis, interdit à CNN, MS NOW et Politico l'accès à la Maison Blanche
Vendredi, Trump a interdit l'accès à la Maison Blanche à ces trois médias.
Il a dit que ces médias donnaient une mauvaise image de lui.
Il n'a pas dit comment appliquer la mesure.
Il a aussi déjà attaqué des médias en justice.
Cette affaire teste aussi la liberté de la presse.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (interdire)
- vocabulary (une mauvaise image)
- vocabulary (comment)
- vocabulary (en justice)
- pronunciation (liberté de la presse)
New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.
Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:
https://linguawire.com/assessment
Grammar explained in plain English:
https://linguawire.com/guide
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