White house removes cnn from pool schedule for texas-oklahoma trip

The White House removed CNN from the scheduled press pool assignment for President Donald Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, as the access dispute between the administration and the network continues. CNN had been assigned for television pool coverage in a rotation released Sunday, but updated guidance issued Wednesday no longer listed the network. Trump is slated to visit a truck manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas, before traveling to Durant, Oklahoma. The article ties the move to a court dispute: a week earlier, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly temporarily blocked the White House from revoking credentials for CNN, MSNBC NOW, and Politico.