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CPJ: President Trump’s arbitrary CNN, MS NOW, Politico ban violates First Amendment rights

September 18, 2026 5:50 PM EDT

Miami, September 18, 2026—President Donald Trump’s order to ban news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House news coverage violates First Amendment rights and is an alarming escalation of how far this administration will go to control the narrative and silence critical, fact-based, news coverage, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Friday….