White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order
The move deepens a press access fight after a federal judge paused the administration’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
- On Wednesday, the White House removed CNN from the press pool set to cover President Donald Trump's Thursday trip to Denton, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, despite earlier rotation documents designating the network for coverage.
- The administration removed the network days after a federal judge halted Trump's effort to ban CNN, NOW, and Politico from the White House, though the ruling applied only to grounds access, allowing exclusion elsewhere.
- In solidarity with CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News briefly boycotted pool duties last week, while a group of 49 media organizations filed a legal brief supporting the three outlets.
- This marks the second recent exclusion; the White House barred CNN from Air Force One during Trump's Tennessee trip over the weekend, despite the network being assigned pool coverage for that travel.
- Attorney Theodore Boutrous, representing the outlets, called the ban "a blatant violation of the First Amendment and due process" in a Monday statement as the legal fight to extend the judge's pause continues.
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The White House dropped CNN from President Donald Trump's Thursday press pool, days after a federal judge blocked his ban on the outlet.The network had been slated to travel aboard Air Force One and handle on-the-ground pool coverage for the trip, according to a rotation schedule the White House put out Sunday, NBC News reported Wednesday. But CNN was missing from the daily guidance released for Trump's stops, which include a visit to a truck pl…
White House Blocks CNN From Pool Duty
The White House is blocking CNN from pool coverage of President Trump on Thursday, despite a judge's ruling lifting a previous ban. The move continues the administration's dispute with CNN, MSNBC, and Politico over alleged "fake news" reporting. Legal actions are ongoing.
Tensions between the Trump administration and CNN over press access have escalated again. The White House removed CNN from its latest television press pool, which had previously been included in the broadcast schedule to cover its October 1 trip to Texas and Oklahoma.
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