Journalists from the U.S. channels CNN and MS NOW were today prevented from entering the White House, the day after the president of the U.S. said that the entry of those media and the Politico would be prohibited.
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19/09/2026
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Athe press credentials of the White House of the MS NOW team were seized by the United States Secret Service during a security check outside the West Wing, according to the news channel on its website.
“The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions that are made within them are financed with our taxes”, said MS NOW in a statement.
The station added that it has “the intention to take all necessary steps” to defend its rights “protected by the First Amendment (of the Constitution of the United States) and the fundamental role of independent journalism.”.
MS NOW assured that it supports its presenters, reporters and writers and will continue to “inform on the President, the Administration and the issues affecting the American people.”.
CNN also confirmed today that its journalists had been denied access to the White House.
“ CNN’s mission to inform the US Government will continue regardless of any attempt to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any attempt to obstruct our journalism.”, declared CNN in a statement.
Trump announced on Friday that he prohibited “with immediate effect” access to the White House to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, who accused of spreading what he classified as “false news”.
The president wrote on his social network Truth Social that the media “should not be able to write or constantly spread fiction and lies” by covering the president, his administration or the United States, and threatened to extend the prohibitions to “other media that spread false news.”.
The announcement took place as journalists of affected media continued to work in the White House and without the government having detailed how the measure would be applied.
The White House Correspondent Association (WHCA) classified on Friday the measure as a “free press ban”.
“The president said it clearly in the Oval Office, describing his own action as a ban on the free press,” said the president of WHCA, Jacqui Heinrich, in a statement released on the X.
The association added that the United States Constitution protects press freedom from government interference.