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Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House

Newspapers & magazines | The Guardian · Lucy Campbell and Robert Mackey · last updated

President has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major news media since start of second term

In his latest attack on the US constitution’s first amendment and the press, Donald Trump abruptly announced that he is banning outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House over their coverage.

In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US president said he was expelling the news outlets “effective immediately” over what he called their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened that bans for others outlets could follow.

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