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Amid a viral spat with the White House, HuffPost correspondent S.V. Dáte defended his Trump coverage on CNN, saying his conclusions stem from reporting and that audiences deserve more than stenography. His text asking who chose Budapest for a planned Trump–Putin meeting drew press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s "Your mom did" reply; she later posted the exchange on X and called him a "left-wing hack," without answering the question. Dáte said the jab likely energized her base. Multiple reports now say the Trump–Putin meeting is suspended after a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov.

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