White House, CNN and Trump
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Three news organizations that had been blocked from accessing the White House by President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to extend an order that temporarily restored their access after they had been barred for almost a week.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico are warning that the Trump administration will reimpose a “complete ban” on their access to the White House without a judge issuing a preliminary injunction. Last week, U.S.
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And now pool access has become the battleground, with networks facing tough choices as the standoff persists with a president who, in his second term, has become increasingly willing to go to extreme lengths — in the courts, in the regulatory system and in his public statements — to quash coverage that he doesn’t like.
Trump flew to Tennessee to watch the football matchup between the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas. Joining him on Air Force One was Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, and his ever-present aide Natalie Harp, among others.
The outlets alleged the Trump administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban,” citing CNN’s exclusion from its pool duty.
The White House barred CNN from Air Force One for Trump’s trip to attend the Texas-Tennessee college football game.
CNN’s Abby Phillip has exposed Donald Trump’s hypocrisy with a brutal montage of him raging over others cozying up to Chinese President Xi Jinping—exactly as Trump just did. The montage included Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly referring to then-President Barack Obama hosting a state dinner for Jinping in 2015.