With less than two months until Election Day, President Donald Trump is making the 2026 midterms as much about himself as the candidates on the ballot.

Angered by what he perceived as negative coverage, President Trump barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House grounds. Those outlets have since sued the government, alleging the prohibition violates the First Amendment.

President Trump's move to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool, a rotating group of reporters tasked with documenting and distributing informati...

Both Trump and the White House have shown no signs of backing down on the president's decision to keep CNN, MS NOW and Politico out of the White House.

The Department of Justice responds right before midnight to the lawsuit that CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW filed against President Trump’s White House press ban. In the response it’s written, “the President concluded networks have failed to maintain basic minimum ‘standards of professionalism and decorum’ with access to ‘sensitive or classified information.