# Claim 7

Pool composition, previously set by the WHCA board, is now set by the White House.

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

- Statement: Pool composition, previously set by the WHCA board, is now set by the White House.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: White House now selects pool rotation
- About: [incident 2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool)
- Source: WHCA Statement on White House Announcement on Press Pool. https://whca.press/2025/02/25/whca-statement-on-white-house-announcement-on-press-pool/
- Publisher: White House Correspondents' Association
- Method: official statement
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-02-25

## Quotation from the source

> for over a century, working journalists—not government officials—have determined pool rotation procedures

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