CNN Is Left Off Air Force One for a Presidential Trip

The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip, NPR reports, describing it as the latest media restriction in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The network is still free to cover the visit from the ground; what is withheld is a seat on the manifest. Pool travel on the president's aircraft is a finite slot that the White House decides how to allocate, which is why a single exclusion reads as a decision about access rather than about coverage.