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    "parsed_content": "LiveUpdated\u00a0Sept. 21, 2026, 10:59 a.m. ET3 minutes agoLive Updates: Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After CNN Is BarredCNN, MS NOW and Politico said they would sue to regain access to the White House. They argued in a joint statement that President Trump\u2019s decision to block them violates the First Amendment.Share full articleImageABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC said they would suspend television coverage of presidential events after CNN was barred from the White House grounds.Credit...Andrew Leyden for The New York TimesSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Latest PinnedUpdated\u00a0Sept. 21, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET6 minutes agoMichael M. GrynbaumErik Wemple and Ali WatkinsHere\u2019s the latest.Major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of the president on Monday as CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a legal challenge against President Trump\u2019s order barring them from the White House grounds.The three outlets argue that Mr. Trump\u2019s ban, which he declared over what he sees as negative news media coverage, violates the First Amendment. Reporters from each organization were denied access to the White House on Saturday and CNN was removed from its duties as the White House pool representative for television networks on Monday.The White House press pool is a small group of correspondents, TV journalists and photographers who are the eyes and ears of the broader White House press corps for coverage of the president. The pool arrangement, which began during the Eisenhower administration, solves the practical problem of having hundreds of reporters crowding into the White House or following the president on every trip.Four other networks that shared the responsibility for providing television coverage of presidential events with CNN \u2014 ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC \u2014 said on Monday that they would suspend those efforts, which entail distributing footage that is carried by news organizations worldwide.In a complaint filed Monday morning in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the CNN, MS NOW and Politico said that the \u201cConstitution does not allow a president or any other government official to deprive the press of their First Amendment rights and liberty and property interests with no notice or process based solely on his dislike of the content of their reporting.\u201dMr. Trump, in a post earlier Monday on his Truth Social platform, defended his actions. \u201cThe White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.\u201dThe news outlets asked the court to restore their access to the White House as quickly as possible. They also sought an emergency order that would remain in effect while the litigation unfolds.Here\u2019s what to know:The outlets\u2019 statement: CNN, MS NOW and Politico said in a joint statement that they had informed the U.S. government ahead of filing their suit. \u201cWithout notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists\u2019 credentials because it objected to our reporting,\u201d they said. \u201cLeft unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public\u2019s right to independent journalism free from government interference.\u201dPool duties: The five networks have long performed the television duties on a rotation, and CNN had been slated to provide coverage for Mr. Trump\u2019s travel on Monday to the United Nations General Assembly. The president\u2019s activities on Monday are still expected to be covered by print, radio and wire journalists, along with still photographers.Show moreSept. 21, 2026, 10:51 a.m. ET11 minutes agoErik WempleMedia reporterCNN, MS NOW and Politico have now filed their lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying President Trump\u2019s decision to bar them from the White House grounds was a violation of their First Amendment rights to cover the president.Sept. 21, 2026, 10:29 a.m. ET33 minutes agoPeter BakerWhite House reporterFor the first time in my 30 years of covering the White House, the president will not have a network TV camera covering his everyday official actions and travels.VideoCreditCredit...Peter Baker\/The New York TimesRead the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and PoliticoThe three media companies sued President Trump\u2019s administration, saying Trump\u2019s decision to bar them from the White House grounds was a violation of their First Amendment rights.Sept. 21, 2026, 10:07 a.m. ET55 minutes agoMichael GrynbaumMedia reporterThe five networks that have suspended their pool coverage of President Trump \u2014 ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC \u2014 just issued a joint statement: \u201cThe public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.\u201dSept. 21, 2026, 6:27 a.m. ET5 hours agoErik WempleMedia reporterThree news outlets sued the Trump administration to regain their White House access.ImagePresident Trump on Friday declared a ban on three news outlets, complaining about what he described as negative coverage.Credit...Andrew Leyden for The New York TimesCNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued the Trump administration for barring them from the White House grounds, saying it was a violation of their First Amendment rights to cover the president.President Trump on Friday declared a ban on the three news outlets, saying he was fed up with what he described as negative coverage. On Saturday, reporters from each outlet were denied access to the White House. On Monday, in an extraordinary escalation of the standoff, major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative. The three news organizations suing the Trump administration issued a joint statement on Monday.\u201cWithout notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists\u2019 credentials because it objected to our reporting,\u201d they said. \u201cLeft unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public\u2019s right to independent journalism free from government interference.\u201dThe joint complaint, which was filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that the \u201cConstitution does not allow a president or any other government official to deprive the press of their First Amendment rights and liberty and property interests with no notice or process based solely on his dislike of the content of their reporting.\u201dThe news outlets asked the court to restore their access to the White House as quickly as possible. They filed a separate motion seeking an emergency order that would remain in effect while the litigation unfolds. \u201cAs a result of the ban, they have lost the ability to perform essential newsgathering at the seat of the executive branch, where critically important newsworthy events occur every day,\u201d the complaint reads.In a Monday post on Truth Social, the platform he owns, Mr. Trump wrote: \u201cThe White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish. It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.\u201dThe president\u2019s ban represents a significant escalation in his ongoing battles with the news media, particularly in Washington. Mr. Trump has brought friendlier outlets into the White House briefing room and moved to bar one publication, The Associated Press, from the Oval Office, which is also being challenged in court. But he had not barred any outlets from the entire White House grounds.Press freedom advocates and other media outlets have blasted the ban as unconstitutional. \u201cNo news organization \u2014 or person \u2014 should be retaliated against by the government over the words they use,\u201d said Lauren Easton, chief communications officer for The A.P., in a Saturday statement.In previous legal fights about journalist access, federal courts have ruled that once government officials open their doors to a press corps they may not boot specific outlets just because they don\u2019t like the gist of their reporting.During Mr. Trump\u2019s first term, the White House rescinded the credentials of two journalists, CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta and the Playboy correspondent Brian Karem. Both were restored after separate court challenges, and in each case, judges highlighted a requirement that before yanking press passes, the White House must provide the affected journalists a chance to rebut the grounds for doing so.In this case, the outlets \u201creceived zero advance notice,\u201d according to the lawsuit.Show moreSept. 21, 2026, 6:14 a.m. ET5 hours agoMichael M. Grynbaum and Ali WatkinsMajor networks suspended their pool coverage of Trump after the White House barred CNN.ImageA CNN reporter held her empty credential holder after the White House confiscated her badge on Saturday.Credit...Doug Mills\/The New York TimesMajor television networks on Monday agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative on Monday.The move is an extraordinary escalation of an unfolding showdown between the Trump administration and the White House press corps, which began last week when the president barred journalists at CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House grounds. Those three outlets said on Monday they would sue to regain access.Despite Mr. Trump\u2019s years of lawsuits and threats against the news media, archrival news organizations have rarely undertaken this kind of collective action.Five networks \u2014 ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC \u2014 have long shared the responsibility of providing television coverage of presidential events, splitting the financial costs and distributing footage that is carried by news organizations worldwide. The networks perform their duties on a rotation, and CNN had been slated to provide coverage for Mr. Trump\u2019s travel on Monday to the United Nations General Assembly.It is extremely unusual for a president to travel or hold public events without being accompanied by representatives from the television pool. The president\u2019s activities on Monday are still expected to be covered by print, radio and wire journalists, along with still photographers.\u201cEffective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President,\u201d Bryan Boughton, the Washington bureau chief at Fox News, wrote in a note to television pool members on Monday, which was obtained by The New York Times. (Mr. Boughton is the acting chair of the television pool consortium; the networks rotate the chairmanship on a quarterly basis.)\u201cThis follows the White House\u2019s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties,\u201d Mr. Boughton wrote. \u201cThere will be no replacement pool put in place. All other pool coverage will continue as normal.\u201d\u201cWe will provide updates as this situation develops,\u201d he added.The five networks later issued a joint statement, writing: \u201cThe public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.\u201dOn Friday, President Trump caught some of his own aides off-guard when he abruptly announced a ban on the three news outlets, saying he was fed up with what he described as \u201cpurposely negative stories.\u201d Journalists from the three organizations had their badges confiscated when they arrived at the White House complex on Saturday.CNN, MS NOW and Politico said on Monday that they would sue the Trump administration for barring them from the White House, saying it was a violation of their First Amendment rights to cover the president. Experts say the ban is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. They have also asked a judge to temporarily lift the ban until the courts decide.Mr. Trump defended his decision in a social media post on Monday. \u201cThe White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.\u201dIn 2009, the major networks balked when the Obama administration tried to bar Fox News from participating in a Treasury Department event; the administration backed down.Show more",
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