White House TV pool won’t cover Trump after press ban: CNN

The decision comes as CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they are suing Trump to overturn his new ban of those three media outlets from the White House.

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  • The White House television pool that covers events by President Donald Trump on a rotating basis will stop covering those events because of the White House’s ban of CNN from acting as a member of that pool, CNN reported.
  • CNN was barred from covering Trump as the designated TV pooler when the president is visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images

The White House television pool that covers events by President Donald Trump on a rotating basis will stop covering those events because of the White House’s ban of CNN from acting as a member of that pool, CNN reported Monday.

CNN was barred from covering Trump as the designated TV pooler on Monday, when the president is visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

The decision by other members of the TV pool to no longer cover Trump comes as CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, said they are filing a lawsuit against Trump to overturn a ban of those three media outlets from the White House.

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