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  "description": "'President has no problem with me or Newsmax, I was with him Saturday night,' Ruddy said in an email to Policyband. Yet, Trump blasted his friend's cable news network two days later anyway\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T12:14:55.000Z",
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  "textContent": "💡\n\n■ Nexstar to Court: States Trying to ‘Throw a Monkey Wrench into The Merger’ ■ Sick 2.0: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) compares FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to Vladimir Putin ■ House Staff Memo: Telecommunications Act of 1996 Has Some Failings ■ Senate Democrats Expect to ‘Work’ with Sec. Mullin after Trashing Him ■ Free State’s Long Urges California PUC to Wrap Up Charter-Cox Deal ■ Mackinac Center Analyst Wants Michigan to Avoid BEAD ‘Mission Creep,” ■ Who is Alan Armstrong? Oklahoma’s New U.S. Senator, That’s Who ■ N.C. Gov. Stein (D) Awards $26 Million in Broadband Grants ■ Former Salem Media Group COO David Evans Joins Newsmax Board\n\nUpdate: **Chris Ruddy** said Tuesday he’s on good terms with his old pal President Trump. “President has no problem with me or Newsmax, I was with him Saturday night,” Ruddy said in an email to  _Policyband_ Tuesday. “Would have been nice to check with me on your story.” Ruddy was reacting to Tuesday’s top story in _Policyband_ titled  _Does Chris Ruddy Now Have a POTUS Problem? Policyband_ gave up on Ruddy months ago after he and others within his organization would not respond to emails seeking comment on such things as his vocal opposition to the Nexstar-TEGNA merger. A reply to Ruddy’s email Tuesday came back as blocked, meaning he never saw it. ** _(More after paywall)_**\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Easy, Policyband — Trump and Newsmax Remain on Good Terms, Ruddy Says",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-25T12:33:31.895Z"
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