In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, 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’ Association, the independent group that currently assigns seats and manages the relationship between the White House and the press corps. The president of the association at the time, Jonathan Karl, said “there is a decades-long bipartisan tradition of the WHCA determining the seating assignments in the briefing room,” so “we will challenge any effort to pick and choose what outlets are there or the manner in which they are in there.”
Author: Brian Stelter
Published at: 2025-03-30 21:30:37
Still want to read the full version? Full article
