Ian Ward is a reporter at POLITICO. Francis Chung is a POLITICO staff photographer.

The Associated Press says that a new White House media policy violates a court order by giving the administration sole ...

The White House plans to take over the seating chart for the press briefing room and will ... The new briefing room layout will include journalists from TV, print and digital outlets, including ...

Americans changed their news consumption habits years ago, but the White House press pool did not reflect those changes—that ...

The Trump administration is considering taking control of the seating in the White House press briefing room from the independent White House Correspondents’ Association. Ashley Wu, a graphics ...

If you’re checking in to see if the White House ... room, but some may experience what Axios describes as diminished visibility, banished from the front row seats they used to enjoy. The new ...

the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official. The plan may cause a tug-of-war with the White House Correspondents ...

Federal Housing Aid: The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of ...

Bush, posted on X. “It should be made by the press sec, as was standard until 2006.” The White House briefing room was renovated that year, which is apparently when WHCA took over.

Reporters raise their hands as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.(AP Photo ...

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled for the Associated Press ... White House officials are impermissibly excluding it from limited-access events, like those held in the East Room ...