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Elena Treen

Alayna Treene is CNN's White House correspondent (appearing in podcast transcripts as "Elena Treen"), previously a congressional and politics reporter at Axios.

Sep 24, 2026

CNN This Morning

CNN This Morning

CNN Wins First Legal Round Against White House

Sep 24 · 47m

Audie Cornish
Audie CornishHOST
26:23
Are you going to work?
Elena TreenGUEST
26:25
Well, the plan was for me to start here at our bureau.
Elena TreenGUEST
26:28
Obviously, I'm here with you guys and not at the White House right now because this ruling obviously happened just a couple hours ago.
Elena TreenGUEST
26:33
So I think we still have to figure out what this is going to look like, how long it is going to take.
Elena TreenGUEST
26:37
I do assume, you know, we will hopefully be able to get access.
Elena TreenGUEST
26:41
Our badges are going to be reactivated during normal working hours.
Elena TreenGUEST
26:44
We'll be able to get in, but we're still kind of figuring out the posture.
Audie Cornish
Audie CornishHOST
28:39
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