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Making the call on when live coverage of a president's remarks can end
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: President Donald Trump spoke on border security during a Rose Garden event. NPR stopped its "special coverage" of the president's remarks before he finished speaking.

When a U.S. president schedules a Rose Garden announcement to talk about declaring a national emergency, it's a pretty safe bet that NPR will carry it live.

That was the case this morning, when NPR started airing "special coverage" of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency in order to help finance a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

But the president didn't make it easy for NPR

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