Peter Baker, a veteran journalist and former Moscow correspondent for the New York Times, compared the White House’s decision to Kremlin tactics.
Karine Jean-Pierre criticized the Democratic Party for abandoning Joe Biden after his weak presidential debate performance, describing it as unprecedented and harmful to their election chances. She recounted her challenging tenure as White House press secretary and revealed her relief at leaving the role.
The White House announced it will choose which news outlets get to cover President Trump in close quarters or in events with limited access.
This week is a troubling turning point in the already-tense dynamic between the Trump White House and the press corps.
Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer be deciding which outlets are part of press pools. The post Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Drops Bombshell on White House Correspondents’ Association first appeared on Mediaite.
The White House’s move to take control of which outlets participate in the press pool is a break from a century of tradition with the White House Correspondents’ Association.
Focused on reporting the president’s actions and statements, the 13 journalists that make up the press pool can sometimes blend into the background.
A select group of D.C.-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House,’ the White House press secretary said Tuesday
The White House is making clear it views President Donald Trump’s Friday Oval Office showdown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as an overwhelming win underscoring Trump’s “America First” leadership,
The decision departs from a century of tradition in which a pool of independent news organizations go where the chief executive does and holds him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.