When a reporter noted that there were zero illegal border crossings in the last month, a cameraman in the back corner yelled out, “Trump 2028!”, turning heads across the Brady Press Briefing Room.

The indoor pool remained operational until the administration of President Richard Nixon, who had it covered up to create the White House press room (now known as the James S. Brady Press Briefing ...

White House is refusing to distribute press pool reports that contain ‘inconvenient’ info ‘Now, it appears the White House is withholding reports it doesn’t like—choosing not to ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Trump administration’s decision to seize control of the press pool at an Axios event, saying, “It’s not about ideology.

White House shakes up press pool in apparent nod to court ruling. Reporters from the three leading wire service organizations will no longer share a rotating spot in the White House press pool.

That changed on Feb. 25, when the White House press team took control of the pool in an effort to “give the power back to the people,” as press secretary Karoline Leavitt put it.

The White House has defended its decision to take direct control of the presidential press pool. "It's not about ideology," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios on Friday.

President Donald Trump will hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. June 27, following the Supreme Court's final decisions of this year.

Editor's note: The Associated Press, previously barred from the White House press pool, won restored access to cover presidential events on April 8, 2025, after a judge ruled that the U.S ...

The White House, however, had been equipped with a pool decades before Ford dipped his toes in the water. In 1933, an indoor pool was built in the West Wing for President Franklin Roosevelt, who ...