White House Correspondents' Association

The president is absolutely within his rights, uh, to limit, uh, journalists to government facilities, uh, particularly when, in his opinion, they're not beha-behaving as good faith journalists.

White House Correspondents Association President Jackie Heinrich says that denying access to journalists violates the First Amendment.

Lydia Calitri, NPR News, Washington.

Early voting for November's general election gets underway in several more states this week.

And well, it comes at a time where press freedom is under attack.

And now you have the White House Correspondents' Association president, Jacqui Heinrich, who works as the Fox News, uh, White House correspondent, coming out and saying, "Today's action revoking access for journalists from CNN, Politico, and MSNBC violates the First Amendment.

The implications extend beyond these organizations.

The standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage should be applied to any outlet in the future.

The American people, through a free and fair independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.

That's why courts have repeatedly held that once the White House provides access to journalists, it can neither deny that access arbitrarily or based on the contents of their reporting.

The White House Correspondents' Association calls on the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access." That's a major statement from Jacqui Heinrich, who works for Fox News.

And I mean, I think it's important to recognize that...

He said it was above him.

In a new statement Saturday, the White House Correspondents Association urged the immediate restoration of the credentials, saying the American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.

Trump defending his move Friday.

There's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories.

Over in the U.S., President Donald Trump has banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from White House press conferences and briefings, with journalist press passes confiscated, and he's flagged he's not done yet, warning other outlets could be next.

Trump says it's because they report, you guessed it, fake news, but the White House Correspondents Association is saying it'll fight the bans the move breaches press freedom protections under the U.S. Constitution.

Staying in the US, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sat down for an hour-long closed-door meeting with Apple's executive chairman Tim Cook.

Albo spruiked Australia's world-leading social media bans and made the case for global AI regulation, urging the US and China to strike a deal to make sure humans remain in control.

Several reporters were turned away from the White House on Saturday.

We're going to discuss it with the former WHCA president, Weijia Jiang.

That's next.

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Several reporters were turned away from the White House on Saturday.

We're going to discuss it with the former WHCA president, Weijia Jiang.

That's next.

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They write in a very dishonest way.

Yesterday, the Secret Service confiscated press badges from reporters from CNN, MSNOW, and Politico.

I want to talk about what this means for you with three former heads of the White House Correspondents Association.

Weijia Zhang of CBS News, Tamara Keith of NPR News, and Jeff Mason of Bloomberg News.

CNN, MSNOW, and Politico have all issued statements standing by their reporters and saying they will challenge the ban.

In a statement, the White House Correspondents Association president, Jackie Heinrich, said in part, the American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably.

President Trump says he will create a new AI force and appoint a so-called AI czar.

This comes as concerns surrounding the rapid development of the technology continue to grow.