PRESSING MATTERS: The five major television news networks suspended their participation in the White House press pool in protest of President Trump kicking three outlets out of the White House press corps.

  ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC usually provide television coverage in the pool, the tighter group of journalists who travel with the President or crowd into the Oval Office. The pool shares their video, photos, notes, and recordings with the rest of the press corps.

  The five networks issued a joint statement saying: “The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.”