US Vice President JD Vance has defended President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from special access to the White House, arguing that the administration has not restricted their ability to report on the government.

As President Donald Trump's agenda has increasingly encountered resistance, he has turned to a familiar strategy: invoking national security.

The administration had banned CNN from White House grounds days earlier — along with MS NOW and Politico — and removed the network from pool duty.