Donald Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House

ByBernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter Published18 September 2026, 20:30 BSTUpdated 5 minutes agoUS President Donald Trump has announced that he is "immediately" banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest twist in his fraught relationship with American media outlets.

In a lengthy post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that the outlets "constantly write or report fiction or lies" about his administration, although he provided no examples.

It is unclear what exactly a ban would entail, and whether employees of those outlets would be prevented from entering the White House grounds.

The move is likely to be met with legal challenges from the outlets involved and press freedom organisations.

Reporters from both Politico and CNN were still on the White House grounds shortly after the announcement was made.

"Media outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report fiction and lies when covering they're covering the President of the United States, the trump administration or the United States of America," Trump wrote. "Other news outlets to follow."

The post did not mention specific stories or reporting that led to the move.

Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump and administration officials have repeatedly clashed with members of the White House press corps.

In February of that year, the White House announced that it was taking back control of the press pool which has access to Trump, which had for more than a century been managed by the White House Correspondent's Association.

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