The White House Correspondents' Association represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the administration on coverage-related issues.
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Today the WHCA joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and nearly 50 news organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the court to immediately reverse the administration's ban on CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO.
The brief makes clear what the law has long established: the government cannot remove journalists from the White House because it dislikes their reporting. That is viewpoint discrimination, and a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Today the WHCA backs that position in court, urging relief without delay. See the brief here: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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Today the WHCA joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and nearly 50 news organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the court to immediately reverse the administration's ban on CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO.
The brief makes clear what the law has long established: the government cannot remove journalists from the White House because it dislikes their reporting. That is viewpoint discrimination, and a clear violation of the First Amendment.
Today the WHCA backs that position in court, urging relief without delay.
See the brief here: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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You’ve been hearing a lot about the White House press pool. What IS it? Why does it matter? Hope this helps:
piped.video/watch?v=k1cixx…
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ALT “The New York Times will continue to withhold publication or distribution of images captured as part of the White House still photography pool, in support of the media organizations that President Trump has targeted with a ban. We’ll maintain this policy until a court has the chance to hear arguments on the legal claims filed by those media organizations. We remain committed to covering the president and his administration with thorough, unflinching news reporting. Alongside the broadcast outlets that have suspended their video pool coverage of the president, The Times’s decision recognizes that barring these media outlets is unequal treatment and punitive retaliation for simply reporting the news.” — Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesperson for The New York Times
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PBS News statement on CNN, MS Now, and Politico being banned from the White House.
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Banning @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @politico from the White House sets a dangerous precedent, one in which the president decides what the American people know and from whom they can know it. CPJ and leading news organizations stand together in defense of a free press, and in condemning any attempts to restrict their ability to report on the government. Will you join us?
Read the statement and add your support ⬇️
cpj.org/2026/09/leading-news…
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News: NPR won’t use audio from White House events until further notice, per internal memo. “Newscast and shows can report the substance of the president’s comments during this time, but not use tape from events.”
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ALT “The New York Times will not publish or distribute any images taken as part of the White House still photography pool today, in conjunction with the other members of that pool and in a show of support for the news organizations being unfairly targeted by the president’s barring of journalists from the White House. We remain committed to covering the president’s travel to New York City today. Americans deserve a free and independent media covering their government without intimidation, as well as comprehensive coverage of newsworthy events.” — Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesperson for The New York Times
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The 5 networks expend considerable resources for staff, equipment, travel costs to provide coverage of the president anywhere in the world and have an established infrastructure for how the images, audio and editorial information is distributed for use by other outlets. That is how the public receives this coverage.
The primary White House TV pool is made up of 5 networks: CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and FOX. We take turns covering POTUS for pooled events and trips, and then share footage with the other 4 plus other outlets.
Today there is no tv pool, so Trump won’t have a crew with him at UNGA.
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Allowing those who are covered to decide who does and doesn’t get to cover them— and to make such decisions arbitrarily, without a clear, articulable standard—is exactly what the courts have consistently prohibited. That’s why, despite what you may have heard or read, this sort of thing hasn’t happened before.
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Former WHCA pres here, joining former board colleagues in sharing some thoughts—
For half a century, it’s been the holding of federal courts that it’s not “special” access when the WH generally opens its doors to journalists. Choose-your-news is a freedom the constitution grants to the American people, not to their government.
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Major television networks will halt coverage of presidential events, according to a memo obtained by The Post, over the White House’s ban on CNN, which was barred alongside MS NOW and Politico in recent days.
Read more: wapo.st/3SZXGxH
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Joint statement from the White House television pool members:
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HEINRICH: If they aren't there, the pool can't function. America doesn't have state TV. So what happens to the historical record if coverage is no longer independent?
JIANG: And America cannot have state TV. That's what makes America America... if the government is only showing you what it wants, then you have to question, what are we missing? And that what the pool, that's what these outlets bring to the table.
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Today’s action revoking access for journalists from CNN, POLITICO, and MSNOW violates the First Amendment. The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future. The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably. That’s why courts have repeatedly held that once the White House provides access to journalists, it cannot deny that access arbitrarily or based on the content of their reporting. The WHCA calls on the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access.
- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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Today’s action revoking access for journalists from CNN, POLITICO, and MSNOW violates the First Amendment. The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future. The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably. That’s why courts have repeatedly held that once the White House provides access to journalists, it cannot deny that access arbitrarily or based on the content of their reporting. The WHCA calls on the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access.
- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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.@msnownews statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds:
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