Overview

• The Trump White House has been selectively withholding press pool reports from its official distribution list, censoring information it deems unfavorable.
• Reports from the Dallas Morning News and RealClearPolitics detailing an AP exclusion and a cancelled Trump-Netanyahu briefing were withheld from official channels.
• The Associated Press was previously banned from White House events for rejecting the administration's terminology change for the Gulf of Mexico, though a judge ordered access restored.
• The censorship disproportionately impacts smaller and regional outlets that rely on official White House channels for unfiltered information.
• Media organizations and journalists have criticized these actions as a direct assault on press freedom and transparency in presidential communications.