MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against President Donald Trump to restore White House access after weekend ban

NEW YORK (AP) — MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against President Donald Trump to restore White House access after weekend ban. US media outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico announced Monday they were filing suit after US President Donald Trump banned their journalists from the White House last week. The ban on the three outlets marks an escalation in the Trump administration's years-long assault on the country's press freedoms.

Trump later addressed what he called his "ban on the free press" at an event in the Oval Office and said there was no particular incident that provoked the move. CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access. Reporters from the three major news organizations were blocked from the White House on Saturday, a day after Trump said he was barring them because of reporting he found to be “fake news.”Meanwhile, Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N.

The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence. The two will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers. The White House confirmed the meeting will take place but did not offer more details.Here's the latest:In a social media post, Trump says he’s attacking ‘FAKE NEWS’The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the news outlets’ lawsuit, which was expected to be filed later in the morning.

But on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote Monday morning that he cherished what he called a free press.“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,” the president said in his post. “It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America. It is corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated, and totally out of control.

It is a threat to our National Security, and must be stopped, NOW!”On Monday morning, the banned news outlets were reporting from outside the White HouseThey were at an intersection just outside the White House complex.Also Monday, CNN was removed from its pool duties, which are shared by the major networks. It had been scheduled to cover the president’s trip to New York. In an email, the TV pool, which consists of the five major networks, wrote that there would be no replacement coverage following the White House actions.Trump shattered Canada’s old US relationship.

Carney is building a new one in EuropeFor nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with the United States. President Trump has turned that dependence into leverage, imposing tariffs, threatening Canada’s sovereignty and openly seeking to pull Canadian industrial production south.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has moved on. Rather than return to trade talks or wait for the next U.S.