CNN, MS NOW and Politico to file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban

Announcing the ban last week, Trump did not mention specific stories or reporting that prompted the move, but later said "it's really just cumulative stories over the last few years".The US president added that there "may be others to join them". When later asked by a reporter what he meant by this, Trump responded: "Others to come in terms of fake news? Well, you know, The New York Times is fake news, The Washington Post is fake news."CNN - one of only five US news outlets in the White House press pool for live television - was originally slated to cover Trump's trip to the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday and Tuesday. But the pool slot has remained vacant and instead the staunchly conservative TV outlet, Real America's Voice, was listed as "secondary" crew on the trip.The pool acts as a representative for the media, sharing material with other outlets to save on finance and space when covering presidential events. In February, the White House announced it was taking control of the press pool which has access to Trump and had for more than a century been managed by the White House Correspondents' Association.The same month, the administration moved to bar Associated Press (AP) reporters and photographers from spaces where access is limited, such as the Oval Office or Air Force One, because of the outlet's usage of the term "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America". AP swiftly filed a lawsuit and the case remains ongoing.