Trump’s media feud takes another turn with CNN left off Air Force One trip

The White House has indicated that CNN will not be joining the media pack traveling with US President Donald Trump on his latest trip. According to the South China Morning Post, CNN was replaced by Real America's Voice News, a conservative network, for the president's trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. Trump is scheduled to attend a college football game between the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas.

The move is part of an ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and certain media outlets, including CNN. Last week, Trump banned journalists from CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House grounds, but a US District Judge temporarily struck down the ban. The judge's ruling addressed "hard passes" to the White House grounds and did not directly address pool duties or Air Force One.

The White House's decision to exclude CNN from the trip has implications for the relationship between the administration and the media. The issue has raised concerns about First Amendment implications, with the news outlets' lawyers arguing that the recent court ruling also covers the issue of pool access.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, South China Morning Post — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.