The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks, taking over a function long managed by the reporters themselves through the White House ...

Reporters raise their hands as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.(AP Photo ...

WASHINGTON — The White House press office has received 7,400 requests from people interested in occupying a newly announced briefing room seat for “new media,” The Post has confirmed.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has opened up her briefings by introducing a journalist from an outlet that isn’t regularly welcome in the briefing room, and allowing that person to ...

In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official.