White House Announces New Guidelines for Media Coverage of Donald Trump

The White House has announced plans to take control over the selection of news organizations and reporters that are part of the presidential press pool, covering events such as those held in the Oval Office. This decision was made by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and is a change from the current system, where the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) selects which outlets participate in the press pool. The changes are reportedly in response to a temporary ruling that allows the Trump administration to bar the Associated Press from the press pool, following the outlet's resistance to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America". The new system will give the White House the authority to decide which media organizations have access to the press pool and to participate in covering presidential events.