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Trump White House bars NYT, Politico, CNN and other news outlets from briefing

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The Trump Administration's continuing war with the American journalistic community escalated today when reporters from The New York Times, CNN,   Politico and other news organizations   were banned from the daily briefing at the White House. Per the Times .  this is an "unusual     breach of relations between the White House and its press corps." Reporters from The Times, CNN and Politico were not allowed to enter the West Wing office of the press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, for the scheduled briefing. Aides to Mr. Spicer allowed in reporters from only a handpicked group of news organizations that, the White House said, had been previously confirmed to attend. Predictably, Spicer allowed several organizations that are friendly to the Trump Administration's agenda to attend the press briefing, including Breitbart News, Fox, The Washington Times and the One America News Network. Reporters from the Associated Press and Time magazine were not barred from the