Analysis: Trump escalates media fight after week of setbacks

The president's frustration at the media, however, came after a week of setbacks in which major institutions handed him a series of losses across his agenda.First, the Supreme Court blocked his plan to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. This prompted Trump to lash out at the court's justices including those he had appointed. "These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court," he said.The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, then raised interest rates after Trump had spent months arguing they should be cut. This was followed by a judge ordering his administration to give 30 days' notice before making any changes to the Kennedy Center arts venue in Washington DC after the president warned it could be "ripped down".These headlines, combined with approval ratings that recently sunk to record lows for his second term, suggest Trump is facing challenging political headwinds.His latest attack on the press, however, raises clear legal questions. The First Amendment to the US Constitution forbids Congress from "abridging" the freedom of the press. It is language that courts have long interpreted as preventing the government from discriminating ...