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Monday, Sep 21, 2026

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TV Networks Halt Presidential Pool Coverage After White House Blocks CNN↩︎

CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox declined to replace CNN’s assigned White House camera crew on Monday, suspending shared television coverage of President Donald Trump’s pool events after the administration blocked CNN from carrying out its duties. “There will be no replacement pool put in place,” pool chair Bryan Boughton, the Fox News Washington bureau chief, wrote in an email to subscribers.

The five networks rotate responsibility for covering presidential events and trips, sharing footage with one another and other news outlets. The suspension leaves Trump without a TV pool crew accompanying him to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday and cuts off that shared footage to news organizations worldwide.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico also announced Monday they were suing Trump and senior officials to restore White House access. Trump announced the ban Friday, accusing the outlets of reporting “FICTION and LIES,” and their journalists were denied entry over the weekend. “Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting,” the outlets said in a joint statement announcing the First Amendment lawsuit.

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