# The White House press pool boycotts the President

An episode of [The Current](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/151487761), 23 Sep 2026, 11 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_CURRENT_P/media/current/current-NMLVQQX5-20260923.mp3

The White House press pool is banding together to suspend its video coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump. It comes after Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The Atlantic staff writer David A. Graham talks about why Trump is taking this step now and what it means for press freedom in the U.S.

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