White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cast the change as a modernization of the press pool, saying the move would restore “access back to the American people” who elected Trump.
The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on…
The White House is stripping the White House Correspondents’ Association of its role in managing the White House Press Pool, taking control of deciding who will be a part of the small rotating group of journalists and photographers who accompany the president.
The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break
The White House said Tuesday that its officials "will determine" which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close -- a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable o…
WASHINGTON >> The White House said today it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold …
The White House on Tuesday stripped journalists of the nearly century-old power to decide which of them cover US presidential events, with Donald Trump
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the changes would rotate some traditional outlets from the group and include some streaming services.
