The White House prevents CNN from accompanying Trump on Air Force One

CNN was prevented from accompanying President Donald Trump on board Air Force One during his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.

This is the latest step in the confrontation between the White House and the media, after it was forced to lift the ban it imposed on some news organizations.

CNN was scheduled to travel with Trump on his trip to Tennessee to attend a college football game, but a memo issued by the White House on Friday evening did not include the network's name in the media coverage schedule.

The BBC requested comment from the White House.

CNN reported that no other media outlet was listed to replace it on the president's initial schedule.

Last week, Trump banned CNN, Politico, and MS Now journalists from entering the White House, after accusing them of spreading “fictional stories or lies” about his administration.

The three media organizations said they were seeking legal action, and accused Trump of violating their constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

Four television networks that share CNN's daily rotation of White House coverage - ABC, CBC, Fox News, and NBC - have suspended their coverage of the president in solidarity with the banned institutions.

The White House then launched its own broadcast channel under the name “Trump TV” ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Since then, a federal judge has ruled that Trump's decision to ban media organizations from the White House is likely unconstitutional, and that the administration should allow them to return, at least for now.

However, the White House denied entry to some CNN and MS Now reporters assigned to cover the arrival of guests at a state dinner held in honor of Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday.

One of the White House communications accounts had previously posted on the X platform, “The fake news media, contrary to what they want you to believe, do not have free access to every part of the White House, nor to every event or press briefing.”

Regular US television coverage resumed on Friday after White House officials allowed journalists in.