White House Excludes CNN from Air Force One Trip to College Football Game
CNN was excluded from traveling on Air Force One for President Trump's trip to a college football game in Tennessee. The White House replaced CNN, a member of the U.S. network video pool, with the conservative outlet Real America's Voice…
Houston, TX, September 26, 2026 —
The White House did not include CNN correspondents on Air Force One for President Trump’s recent trip to a college football game in Tennessee. Instead, the conservative news outlet Real America’s Voice was selected to join the presidential flight.
CNN, which is part of the U.S. network video pool, was removed from the travel manifest for the flight. This decision continues an ongoing dispute between the White House and CNN regarding media access. The specific date of the trip was not provided in the available information.
The U.S. network video pool is a system designed to ensure that major news organizations share access to events involving the president, providing footage and reporting to a wider range of media outlets. The exclusion of a pool member and its replacement by a non-pool outlet represents a departure from standard practice.
The White House’s decision to substitute Real America’s Voice for CNN on the presidential aircraft highlights a continuing tension over media relations and access during the Trump administration. The duration or specific nature of the dispute over media access was not detailed. No further information was immediately available regarding the reasons for the exclusion or the specific nature of the dispute.
Story summarized from the original created by Sarah Rankin And Hallie Golden, Associated Press on www.click2houston.com, see more information here.
