The Trump administration again defended the decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and to exclude journalists from the pool that covers the president in small spaces. By Erik ...

Richard Nixon covered the pool to create space for the White House press in 1970, 37 years after its construction was funded by donors to help treat FDR’s polio Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty; ...

• CNN reporters denied access: The White House denied two CNN journalists Thursday evening from covering Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s arrival at the White House for a state dinner, after trying to tell ...

The White House television pool was in limbo Thursday as the status of the major networks’ place in the press pool remained unclear following the reinstatement of CNN’s access to White House grounds.

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — President Trump's move to ban CNN, MS NOW and ...