What is the White House press pool and how does it work?

President Trump's move to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool. Washington — President Trump's move to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool, a rotating group of reporters tasked with documenting and distributing information about what the president does and says each day. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would be cutting off the three outlets' access to the White House, citing what he said was their "constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!'" CNN, MS NOW and Politico jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the move Monday, arguing that the ban violated the First Amendment and their reporters' due process rights.

They've asked the court to immediately order the White House to restore their journalists' press credentials and access. A hearing on their request is set for Wednesday. CNN is one of five television networks — with CBS News, ABC News, NBC News and Fox News — that make up the TV pool and was supposed to travel to New York as part of the pool to cover Mr. Trump's attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. But with CNN kicked off the trip because of the president's ban, the four other networks decided to suspend the TV pool altogether