Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico From White House (Connecting the Dots: CNN, MS NOW, Politico, Media Outlets & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
The ban
is effective immediately, the president said.
The
Epoch Times
Zachary
Stieber
Senior
Reporter
9/18/2026|Updated:
9/19/2026
CNN's broadcast booth in the press area of the White House on Sept. 18, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-bans-some-news-outlets-from-white-house-6090809
President
Donald Trump on Sept. 18 said he has banned three news outlets from the White
House.
Trump
said on Truth Social that he was, effective immediately, banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
from the White House “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!”
The president added: “Media
Outlets
shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when
they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration,
or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
Trump told reporters at the White House that
one example was a story published Friday that went over deals his
administration reached with drugmakers but did not mention that the deals had
resulted in lower drug prices.
“It’s really just cumulative stories over the
last few years,” he said. “You get sick of it, and you call them and ... they
purposely write negative news.”
CNN and Politico defended their coverage.
“CNN stands fully behind our White House team
and their fair and accurate reporting,” CNN said in a statement. “We have a
right under the U.S. Constitution to do that reporting without hindrance or
interference from the government. Should the ban which President Trump
threatened go ahead, it would be an illegal assault on that fundamental and
constitutionally-protected right.”
“POLITICO will continue to fairly report on
this White House and future ones. We will vigorously defend our First Amendment
rights against any attempt to restrict them,” a Politico spokesperson told The
Epoch Times via email.
MS NOW did not respond to a request for
comment.
White House Correspondents’ Association
(WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich said Trump described the move in the Oval
Office as a “ban on the free press.”
“The Constitution protects the freedom of the
press from government interference. That protection does not depend on whether
the president likes a news organization’s coverage, agrees with its reporting,
or approves of the questions its journalists ask.” Heinrich said in a post on
X.
She said the issue was also about the
public’s right to “a full and independent account of the activities, policies
and decisions of whoever occupies the nation’s highest office,” and that the
WHCA stands with their banned colleagues.
The National Press Club criticized the
president’s announcement.
Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. said banning
outlets over coverage the administration dislikes “is a clear attempt to
control which voices are allowed to witness and report on the exercise of
presidential power” and would, if carried out, mark “an unprecedented assault
on press freedom.”
The club called on Trump to reverse the
declaration immediately, arguing that the First Amendment does not allow the
government to pick which journalists may cover the presidency and that the move
would pressure other outlets to “soften their coverage.”
Trump previously banned The Associated Press
from the Oval Office and other spaces after the outlet declined to change its
stylebook to reflect the president’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf
of America.
A federal judge entered an injunction against
the ban, determining that it violated the First Amendment because it
discriminated based on The Associated Press’s viewpoint.
But an appeals court in mid-2025 partially
stayed the injunction. The court allowed Trump to ban the outlet from the
Oval Office, Air Force One, and some other spaces, concluding that “these
restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora opened for private speech and
discussion” and that the White House “therefore retains discretion to
determine, including on the basis of viewpoint, which journalists will be
admitted.
Judges
also ruled that Trump could not ban reporters from the White House’s East Room.
“The identified harms are less clear with respect to the East Room, which does
not share the hallmarks of spaces like the Oval Office,” the majority said.
Connecting
the Dots:
Ted Turner was the
founder of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Morton H. Halperin served with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a director at
the Debt AIDS Trade Africa, is Mark Halperin’s father,
a senior adviser for the Soros Open Society Foundations and a
director at the ONE Campaign.
Debt AIDS
Trade Africa is a merged organization with the ONE Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Harold E. Ford Jr. was
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a political
commentator at MSNBC (MS NOW).
Tom Brokaw is an
overseer for the International Rescue Committee and was an anchor for
the NBC Nightly News.
Mary M. Boies is
a director at the International Rescue Committee and was the VP
for CBS.
Douglas P. Morris is
a director at CBS and a director at the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg was
the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation and Michael R. Bloomberg’ daughter.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Emma
Bloomberg’s father and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin
Hood Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was the
chairman & CEO for CNN.
Elinor Bunin
Munroe was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and a senior designer for CBS.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, an
advocate for the ONE Campaign and the founder of Bloomberg LP.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Harold E. Ford Jr. was
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a political
commentator at MSNBC (MS NOW).
Mark Halperin In
2010, Halperin joined MSNBC,
becoming the senior political analyst a contributor, was the founding
editor for Bloomberg Politics and is Morton H. Halperin’s son.
Bloomberg
Politics is a division of Bloomberg LP.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Susan A. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.
Howard G. Buffett is
a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E.
Buffett’s son.
Warren E. Buffett is
Susan A. Buffett & Howard G. Buffett’s & father, an
adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was a
director for the Washington Post Co.
Washington
Post Co. was the owner of the Washington Post.
Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Robert Kagan was a
senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and is a columnist for the Washington Post.
Gregory B. Craig is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a lawyer for the Washington Post, a director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State and the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.
Murrey Marder was a reporter for the Washington Post and covered the
Alger Hiss trial for Washington Post.
Alger
Hiss - New Deal (Past Research)
Friday,
May 30, 2014
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/alger-hiss-new-deal.html
Alger Hiss’s trial
was covered by Murrey Marder a reporter for the Washington Post,
was a director, Office of Special Political Affairs for the U.S. Department
of State, and the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Karen Donfried was
the EVP for German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank)
and the senior director for European affairs at the National
Security Council for the Barack Obama administration.
Michael B.G.
Froman was a fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United
States (think tank), an assistant to the president for the Barack
Obama administration and is Barack Obama’s law school
friend.
John F. Harris
is a trustee at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank)
and the editor in chief for Politico.
Robert L.
Allbritton is the publisher for Politico and a board member for the Lyndon
Baines Johnson Foundation.
Robert S. Strauss
is a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, a partner at
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and a senior adviser at the Committee
for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Savannah Guthrie
was an attorney for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, the
White House correspondent for the NBC News and is married to Michael
Feldman.
Committee
for a Responsible Federal Budget was housed at the New America
Foundation.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the New America Foundation and
a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Jonathan Soros is a director at the New
America Foundation, George Soros’s son and was the vice
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New
America Foundation and the Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr.
is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, a partner at Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, was a donor for The Climate Project
and Michael Feldman was his deputy director of legislative affairs.
Michael Feldman
was Albert A. Gore Jr’s deputy director of legislative affairs and is
married to Savannah Guthrie.
Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.
The Climate
Project is a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.
Colin L. Powell is
the strategic adviser for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and an
overseer for the International Rescue Committee.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Tom Brokaw is an
overseer for the International Rescue Committee, was an anchor for the NBC
Nightly News, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Brian Williams is
the anchor (suspended) for the NBC Nightly News, and a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg was
the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Jeff Zucker is a
director at the Robin Hood Foundation, the president of CNN Worldwide,
was an executive producer for the NBC Nightly News, the CEO for the NBC
Universal Television Group, the president & CEO for NBCUniversal,
and the executive producer for Today.
Savannah Guthrie
is a co-host for Today, married to Michael Feldman, was the White
House correspondent for the NBC News and an attorney for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Mark Whitaker
was the EVP & managing editor for CNN Worldwide and the SVP &
Washington bureau chief for NBC.
Today is an NBC
program.
NBC News is a
subsidiary of NBC.
NBCUniversal is
a subsidiary of NBC.
Sundance Channel is
a partner with NBCUniversal.
Robert Redford is
a partner with the Sundance Channel, a member of Kappa
Sigma and an honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Ted Turner was a
member of Kappa Sigma, an honorary board member for Green
Cross International, the founder of CNN and the co-chairman for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas, Jonathan Soros’s
father and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Roosevelt
Institute.
Jonathan Soros was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is George Soros’s son and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Katrina vanden Heuvel was a governor for the Roosevelt
Institute, is a director at the Roosevelt Institute, the editor
& publisher for The Nation and married to Stephen F.
Cohen.
Quentin Schaffer is
a governor at the Roosevelt Institute and the EVP for HBO.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is
the founder of CNN and an honorary board member for Green
Cross International.
Ted Sarandos is
a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the chief content
officer for Netflix Inc.
Charles H.
Giancarlo was a director at Netflix Inc. and is a managing
director for Silver Lake.
Silver
Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake and
a partner at Soros Fund Management.
Silver
Lake Kraftwerk Fund is a fund for Silver Lake and
a partner at Soros Fund Management.
George Soros is the founder of Soros Fund Management
and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute.
Sally Field is
a trustee emeritus at the Sundance Institute and was a trustee
at the Sundance Institute.
Henry W. McGee was
a trustee at the Sundance Institute and is the president
of HBO Video.
Robert Redford is
the founder & president for the Sundance Institute and an
honorary board member for Green Cross International.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is an honorary board member for Green Cross
International, a board member for Global Green USA, the vice
chair for the Sundance Institute and was the president
of CNN Productions.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and an advisory board
member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair
Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at
the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and
was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a
benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt
Institute, the Human Rights Watch and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Marie M. Warburg is
a director at the Human Rights Watch and was a director at
the American Council on Germany.
David M.
Rubenstein was a director at the American Council on Germany
and a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Henry
A. Kissinger was a director at the American Council on Germany
and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner was
the founder of CNN and an honorary board member for Green
Cross International.
Global Green USA is
a US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev was
the founder for the Green Cross International, the president of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary
for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, an advisory board
member for the Wheelchair Foundation and a friend of Stephen F.
Cohen.
Stephen F. Cohen was
a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, married
to Katrina vanden Heuvel and a contributing editor for The
Nation.
Tom Hayden was
an editorial board member for The Nation and married to Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane.
Jane Fonda Jane
Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane was married to Tom Hayden &
Ted
Turner.
Ted Turner was married
to Jane Fonda Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, the founder of CNN,
an honorary board member for Green Cross International and a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Susan
A. Buffett & Howard G. Buffett’s & father and was a director
for the Washington Post Co.
Washington
Post Co. was the owner of the Washington Post.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie
was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Robert Kagan was a
senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and is a columnist for the Washington Post.
Gregory B. Craig is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a lawyer for the Washington Post, a director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State and the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.
Murrey Marder was a reporter for the Washington Post and covered the
Alger Hiss trial for Washington Post.
Alger
Hiss - New Deal (Past Research)
Friday,
May 30, 2014
http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/alger-hiss-new-deal.html
Alger Hiss’s trial
was covered by Murrey Marder a reporter for the Washington Post,
was a director, Office of Special Political Affairs for the U.S. Department
of State, and the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Karen Donfried was
the EVP for German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank)
and the senior director for European affairs at the National
Security Council for the Barack Obama administration.
Michael B.G.
Froman was a fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United
States (think tank), an assistant to the president for the Barack
Obama administration and is Barack Obama’s law school
friend.
John F. Harris
is a trustee at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank)
and the editor in chief for Politico.
Resources:
Past Research
Trump
Blasts Politico: ‘Some of the Most Dishonest People I Have Ever Dealt With’ (Past Research on Politico)
Thursday,
November 5, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/11/trump-blasts-politico-some-of-most.html
Politico
Writer Shares Gif of Himself Burning American Flag (Past
Research on Politico & the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation)
Wednesday,
November 20, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/politico-writer-shares-gif-of-himself.html
Politico
Yanks Cartoon Over Claims of Antisemitism (Connecting the Dots: Politico The
Washington Free Beacon & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on Politico)
Sunday,
March 29, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/politico-yanks-cartoon-over-claims-of.html
CBS
tweet about being 'ready to worship' Satanic Sam Smith raises eyebrows:
'Compromised by evil' (Connecting the Dots: CBS, Pfizer, Paley Center for Media
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on CBS)
Monday,
February 6, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/cbs-tweet-about-being-ready-to-worship.html
Savannah
Guthrie Leads to Replace Disgraced Brian Williams (Past
Research on NBC)
Wednesday,
February 11, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/02/savannah-guthrie-leads-to-replace.html
Charleston:
CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)
Saturday,
June 20, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html
Report:
EPA Poised to Repeal Power Plant Carbon Standards (Connecting the Dots: The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Bloomberg & The
Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie
Corporation of New York)
Tuesday,
September 15, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/09/report-epa-poised-to-repeal-power-plant.html
Trump
Names Former Goldman Partner, Soros Money Manager As Finance Chairman (Past Research on the Robin Hood Foundation)
Friday,
May 6, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/05/trump-names-former-goldman-partner.html
Only
Made Possible Though Networking (Past Research on
the Washington Post)
Monday,
June 9, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/06/only-made-possible-though-networking.html
The
Ghost Armada (Connecting the Dots: United Against Nuclear Iran, Antony Blinken,
Iran, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, The View, Kamala
Harris, Hunter Biden & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the New America Foundation)
Thursday,
June 19, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ghost-armada-connecting-dots-united.html
Comcast
Spins Off NBCUniversal Cable Channels in $7B Move (Connecting the Dots:
NBCUniversal, MSNBC, The Comcast Corporation & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on NBCUniversal)
Wednesday,
November 20, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/11/comcast-spins-off-nbcuniversal-cable.html
Istook:
Democrat Will Be 'Sacrificial Lamb' for Coburn Seat (Past
Research on Kappa Sigma)
Tuesday,
January 21, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/01/istook-democrat-will-be-sacrificial.html
“Tear
Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation,
Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mikhail
Gorbachev & the Green Cross International)
Monday,
January 6, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html
