Claim 95

The change in pool control has not been reversed; the White House continued to select the pool as of September 2026.

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

Statement: The change in pool control has not been reversed; the White House continued to select the pool as of September 2026.
Field: status
Value: Ongoing as of 2026-09-22
About: incident 2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool
Source: What is the White House pool? These days, it's a battleground between Trump and free press rights
Publisher: AP (via MPR News)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-09-22

Quotation from the source

Last year, the Trump White House upended a decades-long tradition of an independent association of journalists selecting members of the pool. The White House now picks and chooses which members of the media make up the pool.