Athens, September 22, 2026. The Greek press first notes the unprecedented scale of the American television revolt: according to To Vima, the four largest networks in the country, CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox News, have decided to suspend their journalistic coverage of President Donald Trump, a gesture described as an "unprecedented" development since the Republican leader's return to power. The team of accredited journalists has stopped covering presidential events within the "pool", the system that ensures daily filming and distribution of images between competing channels.

The gesture follows the exclusion of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, whose accreditations were withdrawn over the weekend. On Monday, the three media outlets filed a complaint with a federal judge in the District of Columbia, citing the First Amendment to the US Constitution. "This morning, we notified the government that we were filing a complaint today to protect our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and to defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports and publishes," the three editorial teams said in a joint statement cited by To Vima. "Without warning or procedure, the White House revoked the accreditations of our journalists because it disagrees with our coverage." The editorial teams warn that, if left unchallenged, the measure "threatens press freedom and the public's right to independent information".

Naftemporiki reports that the White House has responded by launching its own digital platform, "Trump TV: The Essentials Station", broadcast continuously and gathering "the most important moments" of government action "in one place". The first video broadcast showed a speech by Trump at Mount Rushmore on July 3. The president's deputy, Kaelan Dorr, presented the channel on X as "a live broadcast of the government's best moments, without a filter".

According to To Vima, rather than replacing CNN in its rotation within the pool, the team of accredited journalists preferred to suspend its entire coverage. The American president, the daily notes, has hardened his rhetoric, describing part of the press as a threat to national security. The hearing before the federal court is expected to take place during the week.

Jakarta, September 22, 2026. For the Indonesian press, the case first retains an unprecedented image: five major American networks, long-time competitors, aligned on the same day against the White House. CNN Indonesia reports that the White House has withdrawn the press credentials of journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after Trump's order on Friday, September 18, 2026, to ban these three newsrooms from the presidential premises; the badges stopped working over the weekend. On Monday, September 21, the three media outlets announced that they would be taking legal action in the federal court of Washington DC, citing the First Amendment: "This morning, we informed the government that we are taking legal action today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," they said, as quoted by Tempo. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

On the same Monday, five major networks - ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, and their peers - released a rare joint statement and withdrew from the presidential pool. The head of Fox News' Washington bureau, Bryan Boughton, as quoted by CNN Indonesia via the Sydney Morning Herald, warned that "no replacement pool will be formed," leaving uncertain the television coverage of Trump's trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Associated Press announced that it would continue to cover Trump at the UN.

Buenos Aires, September 22, 2026. Donald Trump's veto against three American media outlets resonates in Buenos Aires as a familiar scenario. The Argentine daily Perfil headlined without hesitation: "Trump, a lo Milei" — Trump, in the style of Milei —, immediately placing the Washington conflict in the mirror of the tense relationship between Argentine President Javier Milei and a part of the local press.

The facts come from the United States. CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico announced on Monday that they are taking the Trump administration to court, after the president ordered them to be banned from the White House on Friday. The measure was applied on Saturday: the accreditations of journalists Betsy Klein (CNN), Akayla Gardner (MS NOW), and Cheyenne Haslett (Politico) were deactivated or confiscated upon their arrival.

In a joint statement cited by the two Argentine dailies consulted, the three groups state: "Without notice or procedure, the White House revoked the accreditations of our journalists because it disputed our coverage." They see this as an attack on the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects press freedom, and are demanding a temporary restraining order requiring the executive to immediately restore the withdrawn accreditations.

Paris, September 22, 2026. The French press first notes the unprecedented scale of the professional backlash triggered by the exclusion of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. On Friday, Donald Trump announced that he would immediately "lock" access to these three media outlets, accused of "spreading false information"; the very next day, Saturday, September 19, accredited journalists, including Betsy Klein (CNN) and Akayla Gardner (MS NOW), were turned away at the entrance, their badges deactivated. On Monday, September 21, a double blow: the three banned media outlets announced that they would take legal action "to defend our rights in the name of the First Amendment and the principle that the government does not decide what the press publishes," according to their joint statement cited by Le Monde and BFMTV. On the same day, a rare move noted by several titles as a "spectacular decision," the other four channels in the presidential pool, CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox, announced that they would stop providing filmed coverage of the president in support of their evicted competitor. "It is vital for the general public to receive correct and independent information about the government. No administration should restrict access to a press organization because it disagrees with its coverage," the five channels wrote in a statement relayed by the AFP and cited by Le Monde. A concrete consequence highlighted by the newspaper: the inauguration of a helicopter platform at the White House on Monday was not broadcast on television. On Truth Social, Donald Trump denied "waging an offensive against the free press," claiming to be targeting "FALSE INFORMATION, something that has spread like cancer," which he considers "a threat to our national security." Vice President JD Vance, for his part, described these media outlets as "far-left propaganda," according to a video broadcast by BFMTV. The White House Correspondents Association had denounced the measure on Saturday as "infringing on the First Amendment." The French press emphasizes the symbolic significance of the solidarity between competing channels, more than the still uncertain judicial outcome of the complaint filed.

Canberra, Tuesday, 22 September 2026. For the Australian press, the Washington episode goes beyond a mere American domestic saga: it serves as a lesson. The Sydney Morning Herald, the ABC, and SBS report how CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, banned from the White House on Friday and then stripped of their accreditation on Saturday, have taken the matter to the federal court in Washington to obtain a temporary restraining order, citing the First Amendment. An emergency hearing is expected as early as this week. A rare occurrence: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending the television "pool" that films presidential events, a gesture of solidarity among competitors that the Australian press describes as an "extraordinary revolt". In a joint statement cited by several outlets, the five networks assert that "the public has a vital interest in receiving accurate and independent information about its government" and that "no administration should restrict a media outlet simply because it disagrees with its coverage". A concrete consequence noted by SBS and the ABC: on Monday, Donald Trump's speech inaugurating the White House helipad took place without a relayed microphone, inaudible to the public; his trip to the UN and his meeting with Xi Jinping also remain without guaranteed television coverage. Donald Trump justified the measure by citing an "assault on FAKE NEWS" and a "threat to national security". The president of the White House Correspondents' Association, Jacqui Heinrich, warned that "the standard used to exclude one media outlet could one day be applied to any other". It is this phrase that Guardian Australia particularly notes: in an op-ed, Peter Greste links the American crisis to local attempts by One Nation and advocates for an Australian law protecting press freedom, judging the country vulnerable to a comparable scenario due to the lack of a constitutional guarantee equivalent to the First Amendment. The ABC finally recalls that the Australian press itself relies on a pool to cover Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's trip to the UN this week — a reminder that the system being undermined in Washington is not exotic to Canberra.

Dhaka, September 22, 2026. The Bangladeshi press has taken note of the American media crisis, focusing less on the judicial duel and more on the unprecedented solidarity displayed on Monday by competing newsrooms. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a Washington federal court on Monday, citing a violation of their right to freedom of expression and press guaranteed by the First Amendment, after the White House banned their journalists from accessing its premises on Friday. Over the weekend, their press badges were deactivated "without notice or procedure," according to the three media outlets, which are seeking a temporary restraining order; a hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. "The government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," they wrote in a joint statement.

The backlash from the industry has gone beyond the CNN case. The five major American broadcasters, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC, suspended their television pool at the White House on Monday, just as CNN was supposed to cover Trump's trip to the UN General Assembly. "No administration should penalize a media outlet for questioning its articles," they said together. Bryan Boughton, head of Fox News' Washington bureau and president of the pool, specified that "no replacement will be put in place." The New York Times also refused to broadcast official photos of the day in solidarity, as did several agencies, including AFP, which delayed their publications.

La Paz, September 22, 2026. The crisis between Donald Trump and a portion of the American press is having a particular resonance in Bolivia, where President Rodrigo Paz has just increased his meetings in Washington. According to Brújula Digital, four American television channels have come to the defense of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after the presidential veto that banned them from accessing the White House since last weekend.

The veto, reported by CNN en Español in its daily news review on Monday, September 21, is threatening a nearly century-old system: the presidential pool established under Franklin D. Roosevelt, which allows a small group of journalists to represent all accredited press. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico have since filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Washington, invoking the First Amendment, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, September 23.

The issue is coming at a sensitive time for La Paz. On the same Monday, September 21, Rodrigo Paz began his meeting schedule in the United States with an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, focused on exports, security, and the El Niño phenomenon. Rubio described the relationship with Bolivia as fundamental to the reforms undertaken by La Paz and to the support of the International Monetary Fund. This coinciding calendar - the press crisis in Washington and Bolivian negotiations with the same administration - is not going unnoticed by the local press, which is treating both issues in parallel without explicitly linking them.

Brasília, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. The Brazilian press is detailing the escalation between the White House and three American editorial offices, described as a test of the protections of the First Amendment in the face of an executive ready to treat presidential access as a revocable privilege.

On Monday, September 21, CNN, MS Now, and Politico announced, in a joint statement, that they would be taking legal action against the Trump government: "This morning, we notified the government that we are taking legal action today to protect our rights (...) and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes." The case will go before a federal judge in the Washington district court, with possible hearings as early as this week, according to CNN.

The origin of the conflict dates back to Friday, September 18: Trump announced the ban on access to the White House for the three media outlets, accused without evidence of fabricating lies. On Saturday, September 19, the journalists concerned — including Betsy Klein (CNN), Akayla Gardner (MS Now), and Cheyenne Haslett (Politico) — were denied entry, their accreditations deactivated or confiscated.

Ottawa, September 22, 2026. The Canadian press — National Post, Globe and Mail, CBC News, and Toronto Sun — is documenting an unprecedented crisis between Donald Trump and a portion of the American media. On Friday, the president announced that he would ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds due to coverage he deemed "fake news"; the accreditation of their journalists was deactivated as of Saturday. On Monday, the three media outlets notified the administration that they would be filing a complaint with the federal court of the District of Columbia, citing the First Amendment. "Without notice or procedure, the White House revoked the accreditation of our journalists because it opposed their work. If left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public's right to independent information," they wrote in a joint statement cited by CBC News, which notes that emergency hearings could be held as early as this week.

On Monday morning, CNN was also removed from its rotation in the presidential pool at the very moment the network was supposed to provide coverage. In a show of solidarity, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC joined CNN in suspending this collective coverage: "The public interest demands accurate and independent information about its government. No administration should sanction a media outlet because it disputes its reporting," the five networks said, as cited by the National Post, which describes the situation as an "extraordinary revolt." The concrete consequence is that the inauguration of the White House heliport and Trump's trip to the UN General Assembly — where Xi Jinping is also expected in Washington — took place without live broadcast.

Madrid, September 22, 2026. The Spanish press considers the exclusion of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House to be an "unprecedented episode in the history of the United States," according to El País, which recalls that no president had ever banned an entire media outlet from the presidential premises: until now, only isolated journalists had lost their accreditation. More than 900 journalists normally have permanent access to the White House, including a small group, the press pool, which accompanies the president to each of his official events.

The veto, announced on Friday by Donald Trump, came into effect on Saturday when the Secret Service removed the badge from the journalist and cameraman of MS NOW, and then from their counterparts at CNN. The president warned that he could extend the measure to the New York Times and the Washington Post.

On Monday, the three media outlets announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration, citing the First Amendment of the Constitution. "This ban could not be a more direct aggression against the First Amendment or a more flagrant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles," they state in their joint statement, cited by ElDiario.es, which specifies that an emergency request will be examined by a federal judge from the Washington district court, with a possible hearing this week. The media outlets denounce a decision made "without notice or procedure."

Rome, September 22, 2026. The Italian press is closely following the escalating situation between Donald Trump and three American newsrooms, and is primarily focusing on the theatricality of the presidential response rather than the sole judicial battle. CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and Politico announced on Monday a lawsuit based on the First Amendment after the withdrawal, on Saturday, of their White House accreditations. An emergency hearing is expected as early as this week before a federal court in Washington, ANSA reports, noting that the case has been assigned to Judge Tim Kelly, who was appointed by Trump himself: a detail that the president immediately commented on via Truth Social, recalling that the same judge had previously ruled in favor of CNN journalist Jim Acosta.

But it's the White House's media counterattack that's making headlines in Italian newspapers. Adnkronos is devoting most of its coverage to the launch, on Monday at 7pm, of "Trump TV: The Essentials Station", a continuous YouTube broadcast presented by the president's vice assistant Kaelan Dorr as a response to a press that "has reported inaccurately, or not at all, the many successes" of the administration. The very first program broadcast was not a current event, but an old speech by Trump delivered at Mount Rushmore on July 3.

Mexico, September 22, 2026. The Mexican press is giving extensive coverage to the unprecedented backlash from American television networks against Donald Trump. On Monday, as the president inaugurated his new heliport on the south lawn of the White House, major networks refused to cover the event. Under a light rain, Trump cut a tricolor ribbon with large golden scissors, shook hands, and then boarded Marine One without responding to questions from journalists who were calling out to him.

El Financiero reports that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a complaint after the announcement on Friday, September 18, that they would be denied access to White House events, "a clear escalation of Trump's long-standing efforts" to restrict coverage that he deems embarrassing. CNN normally participated in the rotation of five networks providing common footage of daily events; prevented from taking its turn on Monday, it saw ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News suspend the broadcast of the common pool in solidarity.

Vanguardia MX details the fallout: The New York Times joined the boycott by suspending the publication of official photos from the White House pool, a gesture that its spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander described as "explicit solidarity" with the sanctioned teams, while promising to continue independent coverage. Deprived of traditional cameras, the White House responded by launching "Trump TV: The Essentials Station," a continuous channel broadcast on YouTube — which Reforma and El Norte present as a channel intended to relay the administration's speeches and highlights.

Abuja, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Nigeria's press is following hour by hour the media drama in Washington, where three editorial offices and five rival television stations found themselves, over the course of a weekend, on the same side of the barricade facing the White House. Punch Nigeria, Premium Times, Daily Post, and Nigerian Eye report, with Reuters dispatches to back them up, that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a complaint on Monday with the federal court of the district of Columbia, after Donald Trump ordered on Friday that they be banned from the White House enclosure, accusing them of publishing "FICTION and LIES" about him, his administration, and the United States. On Saturday, their journalists were turned back and their accreditation confiscated; CNN also lost its turn in the presidential television pool.

But it's the response from the rival channels that is holding the attention of Nigeria's press. Premium Times devotes an entire article to the fact that ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News announced on Monday, alongside CNN, that they would suspend their coverage of presidential pool events, an unusual gesture among normally rival media outlets. In a joint statement, the five channels write that "the public has a vital interest in receiving accurate and independent information about its government" and that "no administration should restrict a media outlet because it disputes its reports." The head of Fox News' Washington bureau, Bryan Boughton, specifies in an internal note that no replacement pool will be set up, with the rest of the coverage, including Congress and VIPs, continuing normally.

Oslo, September 22, 2026. Norway's capital is witnessing a significant development in the US media landscape, as major American television networks have announced that they are suspending their joint coverage of President Donald Trump, according to reports by Aftenposten and VG, citing the Washington Post and the New York Times. The decision follows the ban on access to the White House for several media outlets. The head of the television pool, the structure that organizes the joint broadcasting of presidential images, has sent a letter to the White House press corps to announce the halt of collective coverage "until further notice".

The origin of the dispute dates back to Friday, September 18, when Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wanted to exclude CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, accusing them of reporting "fake news". The President wrote that the media should no longer be able to "constantly write or report fiction and lies" when covering the administration or the United States. On Saturday, September 19, the three newsrooms saw their accreditations withdrawn.

The MS NOW correspondent at the White House, Akayla Gardner, was turned away and her badge confiscated. The channel stated that it wants to "take all necessary measures to defend our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and the crucial role of independent journalism in our democracy". CNN correspondent Betsy Klein suffered the same fate; the channel qualifies the episode as an "illegal attack" on its rights. Politico reports that its journalist Cheyenne Haslett was also blocked at the site entrance.

Manille, September 22, 2026. In the Philippines, where Rappler and its co-founder Maria Ressa have paid a high price for their years of confrontation with the government, the clash between Washington and its newsrooms resonates like a familiar mirror. Rappler reports that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico announced on Monday, September 21, 2026, that they will sue Donald Trump and his administration in the federal court of the District of Columbia, after the withdrawal over the weekend of their journalists' accreditation to the White House, decided on Friday, September 18, 2026. The three newsrooms denounce a revocation "without notice or procedure" and invoke the First Amendment, which protects press freedom and freedom of expression. "This threatens press freedom and the public's right to independent information," they write in a joint statement cited by Rappler. An emergency hearing could be held as early as this week, according to the three newsrooms.

GMA News emphasizes a rare fact: the five major American networks, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC, suspended their pool coverage of the White House on Monday in solidarity with CNN, which was supposed to film for all the channels that day. As a direct consequence, no American television covered Trump's trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. "No administration should sanction a media outlet for questioning its reporting," the five groups said in a joint statement. GMA News also recalls that the administration "has upset decades of tradition" in its relations with the press, by withdrawing access to major media outlets while promoting new, more favorable ones.

Islamabad, September 22, 2026. The Pakistani press, through reports picked up by ARY News and Geo News, is reporting on the federal complaint filed on Monday, September 21, 2026, by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico against the Trump administration. The three newsrooms accuse the White House of violating their right to freedom of expression and a free press, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution, after their accreditation was withdrawn following the access ban announced on Friday, September 18, 2026, by Donald Trump on social media. The media outlets have approached the federal court in the District of Columbia, Washington, to obtain a temporary restraining order and may see an emergency hearing held as early as this week. In a joint statement cited by the two Pakistani newspapers, the three media outlets write: "Without notice or due process, the White House revoked the accreditation of our journalists because it disputed their articles." Donald Trump, in a message posted on Monday, defended his decision, writing that "the White House is not waging an assault on the free press, which I value, but an assault on FAKE NEWS," adding that the targeted media outlets represented "a threat to national security." The White House has not responded to requests from Geo News. The two articles recall that CNN is part of the White House's historic television pool, alongside ABC, CBS, Fox News, and NBC, responsible for covering the presidency in turn, and that the Trump administration has already "upended decades of tradition" by limiting access for several major newsrooms, multiplying personal attacks on journalists, and favoring media outlets deemed more favorable, while pursuing several lawsuits against media outlets. The Pakistani press, which is covering this sequence essentially through the prism of international dispatches, is primarily focusing on the judicial mechanism: the burden of proof, the speed of the procedure, and the expected outcome of the hearing scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2026, rather than the political justifications put forward by the American side.

Bucharest, September 22, 2026. The Romanian press has been quietly reporting on the open confrontation between Donald Trump and three American editorial offices, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, which announced on Monday that they would be taking legal action against the administration after their accreditation to the White House was withdrawn. According to G4Media, which cites the AFP and Reuters news agencies, the ban came into effect last Friday; the journalists in question nonetheless attempted to enter the presidential compound on Saturday, without success, before publicizing their exclusion. The three media outlets notified the government on Monday morning of the opening of a procedure based on the first amendment of the US Constitution, estimating that "it is not up to the government to decide what the press publishes". In a joint statement cited by G4Media, they denounce the withdrawal of their accreditation "without notice or procedure".

The American president justified the measure on social media by accusing these editorial offices of spreading "false news", specifying that the decision does not respond to any specific incident but to "an accumulation of reports" in recent years, and warning that other "fake news media" will follow, according to statements relayed by Agerpres and taken up by G4Media.

Moscow, September 22, 2026. The Russian press, via RT, Sputnik, TASS, and Vedomosti, is providing extensive coverage of the confrontation between Donald Trump and three American media outlets, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, which have been banned from the White House since September 18. The three editorial offices filed a lawsuit with the federal court in Washington on Monday, citing the First Amendment, and are seeking a temporary restraining order before the hearing scheduled for Wednesday. The case has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly, appointed by Trump, who had previously ordered the reinstatement of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's accreditation in 2018, according to Sputnik.

On Truth Social, quoted by Vedomosti, Donald Trump promises to appeal if the decision is unfavorable to him and describes the targeted media as "third-rate clowns" who "sully" the Oval Office with "distorted" information. He claims that almost all the articles published by these editorial offices remain critical despite his "great achievements" and presents fake news as a threat to American democracy. TASS recalls that Trump had hinted as early as September 18 that the list of banned media outlets could still be extended, while reserving the possibility of reversing his decision.

Stockholm, September 22, 2026. The Swedish press is following the unprecedented confrontation between major American media outlets and the White House, focusing on two distinct fronts: the judicial route and a professional solidarity that transcends usual political divides.

Sveriges Radio reports that CNN, Politico, and MS Now have filed a complaint against Donald Trump after the president ordered their ban from the White House on Friday, September 18. According to the public radio station, despite valid accreditation, journalists from the three companies were refused entry on Saturday, September 19. The three groups, in their joint complaint cited by Sveriges Radio, describe the presidential decision as a "direct attack on the Constitution." They are asking a federal judge to revoke the measure taken by Trump.

But it is especially the article by Dagens Nyheter that has caught the attention of the Swedish editorial team: the boycott of presidential trips by television teams is not limited to the media outlets targeted by the ban. Fox News, a channel notoriously close to Trump, has announced that it is joining the movement. The head of the channel's Washington bureau wrote that his teams would no longer cover the president's travels as long as the decision remains in effect. DN describes this gesture as "unexpected help" from a usual editorial ally of the White House.

Singapour, 22 September 2026. The local press is soberly reporting on the judicial escalation pitting three major American media outlets against the White House, without taking sides in the mutual recriminations. According to Channel News Asia and the Straits Times, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico announced on Monday, 21 September, that they had filed a complaint with the Federal Court of the District of Columbia to contest the withdrawal of their accreditation, decided on Friday, 18 September, by Donald Trump. The three editorial teams are mentioning possible emergency hearings as early as this week, a deadline that the two titles place around Wednesday, 23 September.

In a joint statement cited by the two Singaporean titles, the media outlets claim that "the White House revoked the accreditation of our journalists without notice or procedure, because it contested our coverage". They see this as an attack on the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees press freedom, and are asking the judge to restore the principle that "the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes".

Donald Trump's response, quoted verbatim by Channel News Asia, is uncompromising: the president describes critical media outlets as a "cancer" that has "grown", portrays them as "corrupt, deliberate, omnipresent, perfectly coordinated, and totally out of control", and presents them as a "threat to our national security" that must be "stopped, now". He also claims that he is not targeting "the free press" but is rather waging an "assault on FAKE NEWS". The White House, contacted by the editorial teams, has not responded to requests for comment.

Ankara, September 22, 2026. The Turkish press has taken note of the crisis unfolding in Washington, focusing less on the judicial duel and more on the rare scene of a united front between rival channels. On Friday, September 18, 2026, Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico's accreditation to the White House, accusing them of practicing "fake news". The following weekend, journalists from the three organizations were denied access to the presidential enclosure, their badges deactivated. On Monday, September 21, 2026, the three media outlets filed a complaint with the federal court in Washington, invoking both the First Amendment, which protects press freedom, and the Fifth, which guarantees regular procedures. In their request, they write that this ban "could not be a more direct attack on the First Amendment, nor a more flagrant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles", demanding the immediate reinstatement of their access.

On the same day, a fact caught particular attention in Ankara: ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC, united in the White House television pool, suspended their coverage of presidential events in solidarity with CNN, even though the channel was supposed to cover the pool that Monday. Bryan Boughton, head of Fox News' Washington bureau, a channel reputed to be close to the Republican camp, notified the presidential press service that "the television pool will no longer film the president's events relevant to the pool", while maintaining coverage of Congress. The five channels justified their action with a common principle: "The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate and independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a media outlet because it disputes its coverage." Concrete consequence: no pool images of Trump's trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday, where he was to meet with several foreign leaders.

London, 22 September 2026. For the British press, the case pitting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico against Donald Trump is playing out as much behind the scenes of the White House as in the federal court in Washington. The Daily Mail and The Independent first reconstruct the mechanics of the decision: according to the Wall Street Journal, cited by the Daily Mail, it was a close adviser to the president, Natalie Harp, nicknamed "the human printer", who showed Donald Trump on Friday excerpts deemed critical broadcast by MS NOW. His anger, which "had been simmering for months" according to the same source, would have then reached a "boiling point", precipitating in a few hours the announcement of an exclusion "with immediate effect" of the three editorial teams.

As of Saturday, the accreditations are deactivated: CNN correspondent Betsy Klein is photographed on the sidewalk, empty badge in hand, while the MS NOW and Politico teams are turned back at the gates. On Monday, the three media outlets file a complaint with the federal court, invoking the First Amendment and denouncing a decision made "without notice or procedure". Vice President JD Vance, cited by The Independent, defends a "totally appropriate" measure: he claims not to be targeting press freedom but to be removing "privileged access" to media outlets that, in his view, practice "far-left propaganda".

Washington, September 22, 2026. Three American newsrooms are taking their dispute with the White House to federal court. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico announced on Monday the filing of a complaint in the District of Columbia court, invoking the First Amendment, after their credentials were revoked the previous weekend. The text of the complaint, cited by CNBC, denounces "a direct assault on the First Amendment" and asserts that no official can deprive newsrooms of their access "without notice, without procedure, and without warning." A hearing is set for Wednesday, where the plaintiffs hope to obtain a temporary restraining order.

The president had announced the exclusion on Friday on Truth Social, accusing the three media outlets of having written months of "FAKE NEWS" about him. On Monday, after the announcement of the procedure, he clarified, still on Truth Social, that his administration was not targeting "the free press" but was waging a "war on FAKE NEWS," reports Time. Received in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, he repeated the argument to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had announced that he would receive "all members of the press" at Gracie Mansion.

The judicial case looks uncertain for the White House: according to The Hill, the president himself expressed concern about the judge assigned to the case, saying, "They drew a great judge, for them." The admission fuels expectations of a rapid decision.

Pretoria, September 22, 2026. The lawsuit filed on Monday by CNN, MS Now, and Politico against the Trump administration is holding the attention of the South African press as a real-life test of the American First Amendment. According to accounts reported by Business Day and TimesLIVE, the White House press passes of the three journalists - Betsy Klein for CNN, Akayla Gardner for MS Now, and Cheyenne Haslett for Politico - were deactivated on Saturday, following Donald Trump's announcement of their ban for coverage he deemed "fake news". The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment, note the two publications, which describe a "clear escalation" of a presidential strategy being carried out "in court and through administrative means" to restrict the work of undesirable journalists.

In their complaint filed with the federal court in Washington, the three media outlets are seeking a temporary restraining order to suspend the measure, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. "This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment or a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles," they state in a joint statement cited by Daily Maverick, adding: "the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes".