Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec spoke with White House correspondent Bryan Glenn following a bombshell announcent by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday. Leavitt declared sweeping changes to the White House press pool, sidelining the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) and granting the Trump administration more direct control over which media outlets receive access.
Glenn described the moment as "shocking," emphasizing its historic nature. “Coming out and basically making the WHCA powerless when it comes to who is in the briefing room, who is on Air Force One, who gets to go into the Oval Office,” Glenn said. He pointed to a recent lawsuit filed by the Associated Press against Leavitt and other Trump administration officials over access to the briefing room as a catalyst for the decision. “I’ve often said, it’s a privilege to be in that briefing room, it’s not a right. You have a right to stand outside the 20-foot gates over there and go live on your podcast, but you don’t have a right to go into the briefing room,” Glenn remarked.
Leavitt took direct aim at the WHCA in her announcement, stating, "For decades, a group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore." She went on to explain that the new process would “give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows and who listen to your radio stations.”
Glenn also cited polling data reflecting public support for these changes. “76 percent of people polled support what’s going on right now in DOGE, support of getting rid of the fraud, the corruption, all of the abuse in our government,” he noted. He further pointed out that “85 percent of the media coverage for President Trump this past election cycle was negative,” underscoring the widespread distrust in legacy media.
Leavitt made it clear that traditional outlets would still have access but that new voices would finally be included. “Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join—fear not—but we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility,” she stated.
However, not everyone viewed this move as a victory for press freedom. Fox News White House reporter and WHCA board member Jacqui Heinrich pushed back, arguing that the change consolidates power within the administration rather than dispersing it. “This move does not give the power back to the people—it gives power to the White House,” Heinrich said. “WHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives from our outlets can determine resources all those outlets have—such as staffing—in order to get the President's message out to the largest possible audience, no matter the day or hour.”
Despite that, Leavitt shot back, stating that the Trump administration is “shaking up Washington in more ways than one.” Sheadded that the changes are part of a broader effort to restore power to the American people.
