Donald Trump Says He’s Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico From the White House ‘Effective Immediately’ Because of ‘Their Constant Fake News’

President Donald Trump said he is immediately banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, slamming the news outlets for their “fake news” reporting.

On Friday afternoon, Trump wrote on social media, “I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them ‘alive.’ Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America.”

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Trump added: “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

Variety has reached out to CNN, MS NOW and Politico for comment.

In his social media post, Trump did not indicate what triggered his decision to declare that the three news outlets would no longer be welcome at the White House. Variety has asked the White House for comment.

Trump’s reference to U.S. government subscriptions to Politico is based on data from USAspending.gov, a government website that tracks federal spending, which showed government agencies collectively spent more than $8 million combined in payments for Politico subscriptions and products in 2024, as reported by CBS News.

Free-speech organizations decried Trump’s announcement.

“It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People’s House for criticizing the government,” said Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). “It’s also hard to imagine a dumber move. The historically unpopular president has been retaliating against the press for years, but it hasn’t helped him. The press keeps exposing his corruption and his failures. These outrageous attacks only demonstrate how scared he is of an informed public.”

Last year, the White House blocked AP staffers from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other areas after the news service continued referring to the body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North America as the Gulf of Mexico, after Trump decreed on his first day back in office in 2025 that henceforth it should be known as the “Gulf of America.” The AP sued over the shoutout, but an appeals court found that the White House’s ban of the news outlet was not a First Amendment violation.