Trump barred CNN from Air Force One despite judge's order restoring access
Days after a federal judge blocked his White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Trump's administration pulled CNN from the Air Force One pool for a Knoxville trip.
What to know
- A federal judge's temporary order addressed only White House 'hard pass' access, not TV pool or Air Force One assignments, leaving those disputed.
- Within 48 hours of the ruling, the administration removed CNN from the Air Force One pool for a Knoxville trip, substituting non-pool conservative outlet Real America's Voice News.
- ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News had refused to cover CNN's pool duties during the ban, temporarily disrupting normal White House video coverage until CNN's brief reinstatement on Friday.
Donald Trump U.S. PresidentTimothy Kelly U.S. District JudgeCNN Banned news network
Kaitlan Collins CNN correspondentMS NOW and Politico Co-plaintiff news organizations
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CNN pulled from Air Force One pool for Knoxville trip
White House guidance listed conservative outlet Real America's Voice News, which is not part of the five-network TV pool, instead of CNN for Trump's trip to a college football game in Knoxville, Tennessee.
“Why should perpetrators of FAKE NEWS, like CNN and MSDNC, be allowed access to a very sacred place, the White House?”
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Trump attacks CNN again and confronts Kaitlan Collins — Trump complained on Truth Social about coverage of his administration and confronted CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins at the UN General Assembly in New York, where the White House had no authority over her credentials; Collins disputed his claim that CNN failed to cover his events.
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CNN reporters return and resume TV pool duty — Following the ruling, reporters from all three outlets returned to the White House, and CNN resumed its pool role, covering Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the National Archives.
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Judge Kelly temporarily blocks the White House ban — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, found the administration had failed to give the outlets due process before revoking their access and temporarily blocked the ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.
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TV networks refuse to cover for banned CNN in the pool — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News declined to provide substitute crews after CNN was removed from its scheduled pool assignments, leaving several presidential events without normal network video coverage.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue over the ban — The three news organizations sued, alleging the ban violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights.
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Trump bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House — Trump announced the three outlets would no longer be permitted at the White House, accusing them of spreading "fiction and lies."