CNN and MS NOW say reporters denied White House access after Trump banned some media outlets

Image source, NurPhoto via Getty Images By Grace Eliza Goodwin Published 19 September 2026, 15:31 BST Updated 10 minutes ago CNN and MS NOW journalists have been denied access to the White House after US President Donald Trump announced he was banning the outlets .

An MS NOW reporter and a photographer tried entering the White House grounds on Saturday morning, but their badges would not scan and an officer confiscated them, the outlet reported.

CNN also said Saturday morning that one of its reporters was denied access and had her badge seized.

Trump said on Friday he was barring MS NOW, CNN, and Politico - three major US media outlets - from the White House, accusing them of writing "fiction or lies" about his administration. Press freedom advocates called the move "unconstitutional".