Networks halt TV pool coverage of Trump after CNN White House ban – live
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NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News, the fourth other networks that make up the White House TV pool, decided they would cease coverage in solidarity with banned CNN Sign up for US Breaking News emails The three news outlets President Trump banned from the White House last Friday have filed their anticipated lawsuit against his administration to restore their access. In the new complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, CNN, MS Now and Politico alleged that Trump had violated the First Amendment and due process by stripping the outlets of their White House access in a blatant act of retaliation for coverage he disliked. Continue reading...