EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
White House defended replacing legacy outlets in the travel pool with digital media, sparking a fierce debate over press access conventions.
White House defended its press overhaul, replacing legacy outlets like the Associated Press in the travel pool with digital media.
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mounted a forceful defense of the Trump administration’s overhaul of press operations during an onstage forum with Axios co-founder Mike Allen, insisting that curbed access for traditional outlets like the Associated Press is not a punitive campaign, but a modernization effort designed to democratize executive coverage.