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POLITICS ·UNITED STATES ·September 26, 2026

Donald Trump asks why "perpetrators of FAKE NEWS, like CNN and MSDNC" should have White House access

“Why should perpetrators of FAKE NEWS, like CNN and MSDNC, be allowed access to a very sacred place, the White House?”
— Donald Trump, President

Reported September 26, 2026 by salon.com. Checked word for word against that report.

✦ Summary · September 26, 2026 AI-written summary of the news — not a direct quote

President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday prevented CNN from joining the press pool on Air Force One for his trip to a Tennessee-Texas college football game in Knoxville, giving the slot to Real America’s Voice News, which is not part of the rotating five-network pool. The move came two days after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly temporarily blocked the administration from excluding CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, finding they lacked due process; the outlets had sued, claiming First and Fifth Amendment violations. Trump then wrote on Truth Social criticizing the networks and questioning whether they should have White House access. The judge’s order covered White House hard passes, not Air Force One or pool assignments, and the networks argue it should apply to pool access too.

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