CNN, MS NOW and Politico Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying a presidential move to ban them from White House grounds violates their First Amendment rights.
Three news organisations have taken the Trump administration to court over access to the White House, saying their exclusion from the presidential compound infringes on their constitutional protections.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they jointly filed the lawsuit to safeguard their First Amendment rights. The action follows an announcement by President Donald Trump that the outlets would be barred from the White House's building grounds.
The organisations did not detail the specific arguments in their complaint, but framed the legal challenge as a defence of press freedoms guaranteed under the US Constitution.
The dispute centres on access to the White House, a setting where credentialed journalists routinely report on the president and his administration. Denial of that access can limit an outlet's ability to cover the executive branch directly.
The lawsuit marks an escalation in the long-running friction between the Trump administration and major news outlets over press credentials and access to official events.