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"For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf.

No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say.

Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear on the White House’s YouTube channel. A White House webpage on accessibility, whitehouse.gov/accessibility, has also ceased working."