If we feel there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable.
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I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows and who listen to your radio stations.
President Trump will continue to grant an unprecedented level of access to the press. This is the most transparent Administration in history.
The White House press team in this administration will determine who gets to enjoy the very privileged and limited access in spaces such as Air Force One and the Oval Office.
[By] deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people.
The president … said if comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, that Elon will excuse himself from those contracts.
We know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family, and we will not accept that.
We will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this White House.
The president tasked Elon Musk to oversee the Doge effort.
Everyone is working together as one unified team at the direction of President Trump.
There are career officials and there are political appointees who are helping run DOGE on a day-to-day basis.
President tasked Elon Musk to oversee the DOGE effort.
His commitment is unwavering, and he proves that every single day.
A select group of D.C.-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly of press access at the White House.
Let me be very clear: the president and Elon and his entire cabinet are working as one unified team.
I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows and who listen to your radio stations.
We want more outlets and new outlets to have a chance to take part in the press pool to cover this administration's unprecedented achievements up close, front and center.
The White House press team, in this administration, will determine who gets to enjoy the very privileged and limited access in spaces such as Air Force One and the Oval Office.
The president tasked Elon Musk to oversee the DOGE effort.
Asking the president of the United States questions in limited spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One is a privilege that unfortunately has only been granted to a few.
Today marks one month of President Trump's return...and there is no denying this administration is off to a historic start.
The Social Security Administration is now working to find even more waste, fraud, and abuse in the administration's whole-of-government effort to protect American taxpayers.
We look forward to the United States beating our soon to be 51st state.

