White House Restores Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The reporters are back, but the television coverage isn’t.Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were allowed back into the White House around noon on Thursday.Their return came after a chaotic morning in which the Trump administration had blocked them from entering, despite an overnight order from a federal judge that required the immediate restoration of their access.It was another twist in a nearly weeklong standoff between President Trump and his press corps that has not yet been fully resolved.Mr.

Trump abruptly barred the outlets from the White House last week, citing coverage he deemed “fake.” In response, the major TV networks suspended the White House television pool, which provides video footage for daily presidential events.As of Thursday afternoon, the TV pool remained suspended.The networks had indicated that they would not resume coverage of the president until the White House had formally agreed to allow CNN to participate once again in the pool.The result, on Thursday, was a bizarre spectacle: a president hosting China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, for a pomp-filled summit at the White House, with no American network airing any live footage.“Normally we’d be watching an elegant affair on the South Lawn,” the Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer told viewers, “and we don’t get access to that now.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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