Outcry as White House starts dictating which journalists can access Trump

<p>Fox News correspondent among those to decry move that journalists say will ‘tear at independence of a free press’ </p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> announced it will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/white-house-press-pool">take control of the White House press pool</a>, stripping the independent White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) of its longstanding role in deciding which journalists have access to the president in intimate settings.</p><p>The move has immediately triggered an impassioned response from members of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us/media">media</a> – including a Fox News correspondent who called it a “short-sighted decision”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/white-house-journalists-trump">Continue reading...</a>