Donald Trump announced he is banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC) and tier2 outlets (Politico, NPR, NBC, CNN) report Trump announced on September 18, 2026 that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were being banned from the White House, and reporters from those outlets were denied access on September 19.
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… Republicans are getting clobbered in the polls. But fear not. Donald Trump has a plan. Blame the press. Yep. You heard me right. Blame the press. This afternoon, as the world burned, the President of the United States posted, quote, I am proud to announce that effective immediately, I am banning fake news, CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House, as a result of their constant, quote, reporting fake news. Other fake news media outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Exclamation point. Honestly, at this juncture, it is actually unclear how this so-called ban, by way of social media, would actually be enforced or defended in court. …
All In with Chris Hayes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports Trump said on Friday he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House in a social media post accusing them of 'reporting FAKE NEWS'.[1]
Supports. AP and NPR report reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied access to the White House on Saturday after Trump's ban announcement.[2][3]
Supports. BBC and NBC confirm Trump's Truth Social post announced the immediate ban on the three outlets.[4][5]
Context. The extracted claim matches the passage's scope: the passage also named 'fake news' generally, but the specific outlets named were CNN, MS NOW and Politico, so no widening of scope occurred.[1][6]
Context. A later CNBC report says a federal judge ordered the outlets readmitted, and the outlets amended their lawsuit in October; this post-dates the claim and does not change the September 19 state of affairs.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White Housereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2MS NOW, CNN and Politico denied entry to White House ... - AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3CNN, MS NOW, and Politico banned from the White Housenpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Trump says he is banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White Housebbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White Housenbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO ...politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7Three media outlets seek full White House access in amended ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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