White House Demands Politico Retract Articles or Face Consequences

• Politico issued a correction and re-examined multiple articles after the White House threatened consequences.
• White House counsel William Scharf accused Politico of publishing false and defamatory articles.
• The White House gave Politico a 48-hour deadline to retract or correct the stories.
• The demand threatens to escalate tensions between the White House and the press.
• Politico has not specified what actions it will take in response to the White House's demands.