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Key points

• Melania Trump's office notes she and Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will visit the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art on Thursday.
• Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun a truncated visit to New York for the annual U.N.
• Afterwards he is to see the Italian foreign minister, meet with his counterparts from Arctic nations and then hold negotiations with Kenya's president and Iraq's prime minister.
• A feasible 2028 presidential candidate, Pritzker stated his health has always been on his mind since his father died of a heart attack at age 39.

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For context, an expert in media law remarked she was "disappointed but not surprised" that President Donald Trump barred from the White House reporters at three news organizations (AP video shot by Jon Elswick, River Zhang and Mike Householder). Edited By BRIDGET BROWN and BERNARD MCGHEE. Here's what we're after.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was "a blatant violation" of the First Amendment.

Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The session is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence. The two will discuss problems affecting the city and New Yorkers. In practice, the White House confirmed the session will take place but did not offer more details.

Trump remarked Sunday that the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a "top grade military complex" able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition. It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are additionally serving a defensive purpose. Rubio kicks off shortened UNGA week with a flurry of meetings.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun a truncated visit to New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly session, with a flurry of meetings before President Donald Trump arrives.

Rubio began Monday by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange and then headed immediately into discussions with Bolivia's president and then a three-way gathering with the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers. Afterwards he is to see the Italian foreign minister, meet with his counterparts from Arctic nations and then hold negotiations with Kenya's president and Iraq's prime minister.

Rubio will depart New York on Wednesday, much earlier than either he or his predecessors have done previously, so as to return to Washington for Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Illinois governor notes he's lost 80 pounds with GLP-1 medication.

Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed his regimen in a series of interviews this weekend. The Democrat has long struggled with his weight and turned to the new medications after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Pritzker's girth has led him to be regularly mocked by President Trump. He now notes he's lost 80 pounds (36 kilograms) on the medication.

In practice, a feasible 2028 presidential candidate, Pritzker stated his health has always been on his mind since his father died of a heart attack at age 39. He's stepped up his exercise routine after the diabetes diagnosis as well.

Trump has been more aggressive toward the media in his second term.

Meanwhile, the president and his Republican administration have upped the ante and punished certain media outlets. Trump has additionally lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms – insulting them in briefings or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Melania Trump and China's first lady to visit the Smithsonian.

Meanwhile, the visit will take place while President Trump and Xi meet at the White House.

For context, the museum holds one of North America's largest and most comprehensive collections of Asian art, according to its website.

Xi will be in Washington afterwards this week on a state visit to the United States.

For context, a grand arrival ceremony for him at the White House on Thursday will end with a military flyover featuring a B-2 Spirit and four F-22 Raptors, according to a detailed rundown from the first lady's office of White House intends for Xi's visit.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over denied White House access, citing the First Amendment.

Meanwhile, the administration's announcement of the bans Friday and the White House's subsequent actions over the weekend represented a clear escalation of Trump's long-running efforts – in the courts and through administrative action – to restrict news coverage he finds objectionable. They were additionally the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States, where the administration is constitutionally forbidden from restricting the press.

Meanwhile, the Constitution, the banned news outlets remarked in their lawsuit, "does not allow a president or any other government official to deprive the press of their First Amendment rights and liberty and property interests with no notice or process based solely on his dislike of the content of their reporting."

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