The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution affirming support for a free press and declaring that "the press is not the enemy of the people."

The nonbinding resolution approved by voice vote was a rebuke to President Donald Trump, who for more than 18 months has frequently called reporters "the enemy of the people."

The resolution "reaffirms the vital and indispensable role that the free press serves to inform the electorate, uncover the truth, act as a check on the inherent power of the government, further national discourse and debate, and otherwise advance the most basic and cherished democratic norms and freedoms of the United States."