President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds. A light drizzle fell on the South Lawn as Trump used oversized gold scissors to cut a red, white and blue
CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the three organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about his government. The companies said their reporters were denied access and had
MS NOW, CNN and Politico planned to file suit against President Donald Trump and other administration officials over a decision by the Trump to ban the three news organizations from newsgathering at the White House, the latest fracture in the relationship between the president and the national media. “This morning, we notified the government that
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Saturday morning issued a warning that President Donald Trump’s recent banning of CNN from the White House is a sign of things to come if Paramount Skydance settles with the states and is allowed to merge with Warner Bros. “As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White
“The officer asked me to hand over my badge. He said that it was disabled,” MS NOW reporter Akayla Gardner said. “I asked why I was not able to get inside. He said it was above him.” Gardner added that while her and her colleague’s badges were disabled, an MS NOW producer was still able
Reporters for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied entry to White House grounds on Saturday morning, the outlets said, one day after President Donald Trump said he was banning them for their coverage of him. “Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement.