The Justice Department says NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox News may have violated antitrust law by temporarily declining White House pool coverage of President Dona

The White House restricted CNN, Politico and MS NOW over Trump’s 'fake' coverage claims, prompting a lawsuit alleging constitutional violations

The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS over their coordinated suspension of White House television pool coverage.

The Justice Department has launched an investigation of the five major networks that make up the White House TV pool, a probe focused on whether they violated antitrust laws by suspending participation in protest of Donald Trump’s ban on CNN.

The US Department of Justice is investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News over their temporary suspension of White House press pool coverage. The DoJ's Antitrust Division is examining whether the networks' coordinated boycott violated the Sherman Act.

In President Donald Trump's latest move to restrict certain news outlets' access, CNN was not permitted to join the president on Air Force One on Saturday, Sept. 26, as he traveled to a football game at the University of Tennessee. "I want real news.

"Disparaging journalism is a far more central part of Fox News programming than it is of either MSNBC or CNN programming."

Fox News again handily topped the September and third quarter ratings, although as its viewership was down versus the same periods in 2025. MS NOW saw gains in the most recent figures, and CNN also showed uptick in September and in certain dayparts for the quarter.

Despite MS NOW’s gains, Fox News remained at the top, averaging 1.618 million total viewers and 147,000 demo viewers during primetime for the week of September 14. This was down 9 percent in total viewers and down 10 percent in the demo compared with the week before.