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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. This weekend, Denmark’s government was cautiously optimistic following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal on Greenland; how musician Ed Sheeran landed in the middle of a debate about free speech; and for the first time in more than a century, scientists have named a new living wild cat species.

But first, three news organizations said their journalists were denied access to the White House.

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This combination of photos shows MS NOW White House reporter Akayla Gardne, from left, CNN Senior White House Reporter Betsy Klein and Politico White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett, after all were denied entry to the White House and had credentials confiscated Saturday in Washington. (AP Photos/Jose Luis Magana)

MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban

Reporters from three major news organizations — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.” The actions were a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable, and the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States. The move follows the president’s decision last year to bar Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other events in retaliation for the news outlet’s decision not to follow his lead in changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which lies partially in Mexican and other waters. The AP filed suit and the case is ongoing. Read more. 

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland's government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen visit Qoornoq, Greenland on Sept. 6. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump’s announcement of a Greenland deal

Denmark’s government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday following Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, after months of threats by the U.S. president to seize the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally. Denmark and the U.S. already have a long-standing security agreement that allows the U.S. to deploy forces in Greenland, and it was not immediately clear how this deal would be different from that. Read more.

Ed Sheeran says situation in Gaza is ‘catastrophic and unjustifiable’ as he opens concert

Ed Sheeran opened a concert Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. The comments before a nearly full stadium came after a tumultuous week that began with rapper Macklemore, Sheeran’s original U.S. opener, being dropped in response to exclaiming “Free Palestine” during a Sept. 5 show in New Jersey. Sheeran has said he was not responsible for the decision, which came at the urging of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. His company owns a stadium where Sheeran’s tour was scheduled to play on Friday. Read more.