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In April 2025, after a federal judge ordered the Associated Press's access restored, the White House removed the wire service position from the daily press pool rotation instead of restoring the AP to it, according to CNN.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: In April 2025, after a federal judge ordered the Associated Press's access restored, the White House removed the wire service position from the daily press pool rotation instead of restoring the AP to it, according to CNN.
Field: action
Value: White House removed the wire pool slot after the 2025 order
About: incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
Source: The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP
Publisher: CNN
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 2025-04-15

Quotation from the source

Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.