Escalation: White House enforces ban, bars CNN, MS NOW, Politico

On Saturday morning, reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were refused entry to the White House, and Secret Service officers confiscated their press passes. At the press entrance, MS NOW’s Akayla Gardner’s badge failed to scan and a network photographer also lost a credential. Politico’s Cheyenne Haslett and CNN’s Betsy Klein were turned away near the West Wing and had their passes seized.

This was the first on‑site enforcement of the ban announced a day earlier, after reporters from the outlets had still been on the grounds Friday. With their passes pulled, the three newsrooms lost in‑person access to the White House complex and the press areas where reporters question the president and staff.

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