Donald Trump threatened to ban reporters from MSNBC, CNN, and Politico from the White House.
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
Trump announced on September 18, 2026 that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, which supports the claim's core assertion that he threatened to bar reporters from these outlets.
What was said
… the judges at the district court level and the appeals court level are hanging so tough that the lawyers are getting afraid of just collaborating with perjury and obstruction of justice and lying in court. I saw what you responded to the president today, his threat to ban reporters from our organization, MsNow and CNN and Politico. I'm from the White House, but I want our audience to see it, too. You wrote, After illegally bulldozing half of the White House, Trump bans media that won't lie for him from the other half. …
All In with Chris Hayes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The AP reports Trump said he was barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and threatened that more media bans could follow.[1]
Supports. Reuters reports Trump said he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, with the White House reportedly informing the outlets they would be banned as of Saturday.[2]
Supports. The BBC and CNN both report Trump's Truth Social announcement that the three outlets were banned 'effective immediately' from the White House.[3][4]
Context. People notes that MS NOW recently changed its name from MSNBC, so 'MSNBC' in the claim and 'MS NOW' in the passage and sources refer to the same outlet.[5]
Context. Later coverage reports a federal judge ordered the outlets readmitted and that the outlets are pursuing a lawsuit over continued access limits; this does not change the state of affairs on the date of the announcement.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Trump targets more news outlets, saying he will ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White Houseapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White Housereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Trump says he is banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White Housebbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Trump says he's 'banning' CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House, Says Other Outlets Will Be Purged Nextpeople.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Three media outlets seek full White House access in amended ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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