Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and others from Whitehouse.

Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House

President Trump said on Friday that he would ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, although it was unclear how such a prohibition would be enforced or legally defended.

The president’s abrupt proclamation, which he said was “effective immediately,” came in a post on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns.

Journalists from those news outlets were still working as usual on the White House grounds on Friday afternoon, and there were no immediate signs that they were being evicted.

Speaking later with reporters in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said he announced a ban “because they’re fake news. You get so tired of reading and seeing fake news.” He added, “You get sick of it.”
Asked exactly what he meant by a ban, the president replied: “A very simple ban. I don’t want them in my office. I don’t want them here. I would say the ban would go as far as you can. And if they could straighten themselves out, I’d love it.”

Asked if his ban could survive a court challenge, Mr. Trump replied, “I don’t think that a court should allow fake news to be written day after day after day.”

CNN said in a statement that Mr. Trump’s ban would be “an illegal assault” on a “fundamental and constitutionally-protected right.”

“We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do that reporting without hindrance or interference from the government,” the network said. A spokesman for MS NOW declined to comment. A spokesman for Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An inquiry to the White House Correspondents’ Association was not immediately returned.

A prospective ban would open yet another front in Mr. Trump’s ever-expanding battles with the news media, whose output he has increasingly attempted to control using a variety of bureaucratic levers and intimidation tactics. The president has filed lawsuits and used government tools like subpoenas to target newspapers, late-night talk show hosts, corporate media conglomerates and journalists whose reporting he dislikes.
In his Truth Social post on Friday, Mr. Trump warned that he might add other organizations to his prospective ban, writing, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

Mr. Trump expanded on his feelings at his Oval Office appearance, echoing the usual protestations about the media that he unspools at rallies, news conferences and in interviews. “They purposely write negative news,” the president said. “And they do that because they want to try and diminish the Republicans and a Republican administration.”

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/media/trump-cnn-ms-now-politico-white-house-ban.html