Trump Sparks Chaos at State Dinner by Reimposing Cable News Ban
The administration blocked the outlets after a judge ordered their credentials restored, escalating a dispute over access to the White House press pool.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Jinping at a White House State Dinner while administration officials barred reporters from CNN, Politico, and NOW from covering the event.
- Earlier Thursday, District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to restore press credentials to the outlets, granting a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit challenging the president.
- White House Reporter Laura Barr reported being denied entry to the greeting ceremony despite submitting credentials, with a handler apologizing while preventing her from attending what she called a "pretty typical" press event.
- Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison attended the dinner alongside Supreme Court Justices and Fox News hosts Bret Baier, Laura Ingraham, and Jesse Watters, while the administration blocked the news outlets.
- The exclusion demonstrates a contrast as Paramount Skydance CEO Ellison dined with the president while the news network he is poised to acquire remains blocked from covering official White House functions.
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A federal court has lifted Trump's domestic ban on CNN and other media. Nevertheless, the US TV station has now been ruled out.
US broadcasters covered the third day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the US on Friday, as CNN, MS NOW and Politico continue their legal battle over Trump's ban on their access to the White House.
David Ellison attends same dinner at White House that CNN was barred from
Nothing to see here, just Paramount Skydance (and soon-to-be, presumably, Warner Bros. Discovery) CEO dining at a White House State Dinner with Supreme Court justices and business leaders while the news network he will soon own is blocked from covering it. Yes, CNN’s press access to the White House appears to be touch-and-go; after a judge said yesterday morning that the outlet’s access had to be reinstated, it wasn’t until the afternoon that re…
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