MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban

New York: Reporters from three major news organizations – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – were denied access to the White House on Saturday morning, with reporters from the two cable networks both going live to report they’d been barred following a ban imposed by President Donald Trump.

The actions escalated Trump’s long-running efforts in administrative action – and sometimes in the courts – to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable, and is the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States. Trump said Friday he would ban both organizations and also Politico, because of their coverage – which he called “fake news.”