News

Inside the Changing White House Briefing Room

The New York Times · last updated
This is the White House press briefing room, a space that the Trump administration has been taking steps to more closely control. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, has held a news briefing once or twice a week since President Trump’s second term began.

Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press

State of Play

Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.

Democracy and politics | Signalgate | The CBS submission | Voiceless America


More informationabout The White House vs. the press