The White House has barred CNN from traveling on Air Force One for President Trump's Saturday trip to Tennessee, replacing the network with conservative outlet Real America's Voice News. The decision disrupts CNN's TV press pool duties and marks the latest escalation in the administration's ongoing dispute with news media.
American television networks resumed coverage of President Donald Trump's events after a judge restored access to CNN, which had been banned from the White House along with MS NOW and Politico. Networks had banded together to suspend their pool coverage in solidarity while CNN was blocked.
Three news outlets filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration after being banned from the White House. The lawsuit contends the ban is a blatant violation of constitutional press freedoms and is severely impeding their ability to report on the administration.
A major Russian airstrike killed at least 15 people and injured over 40 in Kyiv and surrounding areas, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine's allies have failed to replenish critical air defense missiles. Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine has only a tenth of the Patriot interceptor missiles it needs and requested the US sell 10% of its Patriot stockpile to defend against Russian ballistic missile attacks.
Ukraine launched major drone and missile attacks on Russia's Black Sea naval base at Novorossiysk and grain export terminals, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN that Ukraine has only 10% of the interceptor missiles it needs to counter Russian ballistic attacks. Russia retaliated by striking Ukraine's largest Danube River grain port.
