Claim 3

CNN's, MS NOW's and Politico's White House hard passes were deactivated and their reporters turned away at the gates.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CNN's, MS NOW's and Politico's White House hard passes were deactivated and their reporters turned away at the gates.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Hard passes deactivated; reporters denied entry on 2026-09-19
About: incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
Source: Trump banning CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House archived copy
Publisher: ABC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-09-19

Quotation from the source

they said they weren't sure what was going on, but at the end of the day they had to take my badge because it was disabled.