Trump: 'For Reuters, Bloomberg and Ap no permanent place in the pool' of correspondents

New White House sting against the main stream media. After the exclusion of the Associated Press (Ap) journalists from some White House public events, the US administration has announced that the three main news agencies - besides the Ap, Reuters and Bloomberg - will no longer have a fixed place in the pool of journalists following Donald Trump, but will have to alternate with 30 other newspapers. A change that will also have consequences for the clients of the three agencies, in particular local media that do not have a fixed presence in Washington. But also on the financial markets, which rely on the real-time reporting of Reuters, Bloomberg and Ap.

"Reuters' media coverage reaches billions of people every day, mainly through the thousands of news organisations around the world that subscribe to its services," said an agency spokesperson. "It is essential for democracy that the public has access to independent, unbiased and accurate news about their government. Any measure by the US government to restrict access to the president threatens this principle."

Meanwhile, the battle between the White House and the PAA continues. In a document filed in court on 16 April, the agency's lawyers denounced the exclusion of its reporters from the select group that follows the US president despite Judge Trevor McFadden's ruling that the White House had violated the right to free speech enshrined in the Constitution. The Associated Press had been banned in February for refusing to name the Gulf of Mexico 'America's' as ruled by Trump. The White House has appealed McFadden's ruling to a federal appeals court, which will hear arguments on Thursday 17 April.