The White House is no longer publishing public reports summarizing phone calls President Trump has with other world leaders, two people with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
Known as "readouts," these are the only official accounts of phone calls, and were common under previous Republican and Democratic administrations. CNN reports it's unclear if this is just temporary or if the readouts are permanently over, but they are still being released internally. The last time the White House published a readout of one of Trump's calls was in mid-June, when he congratulated the Hungarian prime minister on his re-election.
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