Donald Trump bans three media outlets from the White House, accusing them of spreading 'fake news'

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:49 Issued on: 19/09/2026 - 10:53 Donald Trump announced Friday he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing all three outlets of spreading 'fake news'. The move is almost certain to face legal challenges, and has been denounced by press freedom advocates. The US president's relationship with media outlets has long been fraught, as Charlotte Hughes explains. Keywords for this article