Reporters are being denied entry to White House after Trump's ban

CNN and MS NOW said their reporters were denied access to White House grounds on Saturday. Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images CNN and MS NOW said its reporters were denied entry to White House grounds Saturday morning. Donald Trump said on Friday that he was banning the networks and Politico from the White House. The ban follows earlier restrictions on reporters covering the Pentagon. Reporters for CNN and MS NOW were denied entry to White House grounds on Saturday morning, the networks said, one day after President Donald Trump said he was banning them for their coverage of him. "Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds," a CNN spokesperson said in a statement. "This ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right."