The White House announced on Tuesday that it was seizing control of the press pool covering President Trump, becoming the first administration in decades to insist that it will decide which news ...

The White House’s move to take control of which outlets participate in the press pool is a break from a century of tradition with the White House Correspondents’ Association.

The White House’s move to take control of which outlets participate in the press pool is a break from a century of tradition with the White House Correspondents’ Association.

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.

The White House will now oversee which news outlets will be part of the White House press pool, rather than the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), the White House press secretary said ...

Trump White House Boots Reuters and HuffPost From Press Pool, Blocks Coverage of Cabinet Meeting. The AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg issue a rare joint statement ripping the Trump Administration’s ...

An ongoing White House press pool has existed for more than a century, as a way of ensuring that there was a media presence at major events, even in places like the Oval Office where space is limited.

The White House takeover of the press pool is a brazen attack on the First Amendment. The Trump administration is overturning a century-old system that guarantees equal access to the news media.

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 press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media’s eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities. They are written by reporters for other ...