White House Excludes CNN From Trump’s Tennessee Trip

The White House excluded CNN from the television press pool traveling with President Donald Trump to Tennessee, where he was scheduled to attend a college football game, and replaced it with conservative outlet Real America’s Voice. The exclusion came days after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds over what Trump called unfavorable reporting; a federal judge temporarily restored their credentials, ruling the ban likely unconstitutional, but did not explicitly address travel or press-pool access. Other major networks had declined to take CNN’s place in solidarity, briefly halting pool coverage before it resumed. The outlets have sued, arguing the restrictions violate their constitutional rights. The administration also limited CNN and MS NOW’s coverage of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state dinner, and Trump accused the outlets of choosing not to cover Xi’s arrival.