MS Now and CNN say their reporters were denied access to White House after Trump media ban

President said he was banning MS Now, CNN and Politico journalists, saying of their coverage: ‘You get sick of it.’ News outlets MS Now and CNN said their journalists were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning, a day after Donald Trump said he would ban them ,and the website Politico from the executive branch complex. MS Now said a reporter and a cameraman had been denied access and had their White House press passes confiscated by the US Secret Service at a security gate outside the West Wing. CNN reported that its reporter Betsy Klein was also denied access and had her press pass seized too. Continue reading...

Edward Helmore · Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 7:39 AM
US news | The Guardian

MS Now and CNN say their reporters were denied access to White House after Trump media ban

President said he was banning MS Now, CNN and Politico journalists, saying of their coverage: ‘You get sick of it.’

News outlets MS Now and CNN said their journalists were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning, a day after Donald Trump said he would ban them ,and the website Politico from the executive branch complex.

MS Now said a reporter and a cameraman had been denied access and had their White House press passes confiscated by the US Secret Service at a security gate outside the West Wing. CNN reported that its reporter Betsy Klein was also denied access and had her press pass seized too.

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