CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, filed a lawsuit over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”
MS NOW correspondent Vaughn Hillyard reports from a street corner near the White House on Monday after the Trump administration banned the outlet’s reporters from the property. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
News organizations responded strenuously Monday to President Donald Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, filing a lawsuit in federal court and banding together to halt video coverage of the president until further notice.
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