CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue Trump administration after White House ban

Three leading US news outlets announced Monday they will go to court after being banned from the White House, as President Donald Trump claimed that media critical of his administration is a "Cancer" threatening national security. CNN, MS NOW and Politico said in a joint statement that they were filing suit after Trump last week ordered them to be barred from the presidential complex. Read moreCNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters blocked from White House after Trump ban The ban marks a major escalation in Trump's years-long assault on the US media, especially on outlets that report critically on him and his administration. "This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," CNN, MS NOW and Politico said in their statement. The outlets said the White House revoked their journalists' credentials "without notice or process" because it "objected to our reporting". "Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public's right to independent journalism free from government interference," they said. To display this content f...