The White House is stripping the White House Correspondents’ Association of its role in managing the White House Press Pool, taking control of deciding who will be a part of the small rotating group of journalists and photographers who accompany the president.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that the administration will now determine which media outlets will be in the White House press pool. The White House Correspondents' Association,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cast the change as a modernization of the press pool, saying the move would restore “access back to the American people” who elected Trump.