The White House has blocked CNN from covering Donald Trump aboard Air Force One during a trip to Tennessee on Saturday, despite a federal judge ordering the network's credentials reinstated just days earlier. This marks the latest escalation in an ongoing dispute over media access, following Trump's initial ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White House grounds last week, which a court ruled violated due process rights.

The blocking reflects deeper tensions over White House pool coverage. When CNN was originally removed from the TV pool rotation on Sunday, the four other networks in rotation—CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox—suspended their coverage in protest, resulting in minimal video coverage from the White House. The pool resumed on Friday following the court's reinstatement order, but CNN's exclusion from Air Force One coverage suggests the administration is finding alternative means to restrict the network's access despite legal constraints.