President Trump’s administration has repeatedly excluded CNN from the rotating television press pool on Air Force One, including trips to Tennessee and Texas-Oklahoma in late September and early October 2026, even after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order restoring the network’s White House grounds credentials. The order addressed hard-pass access but did not directly govern pool assignments or presidential travel, leaving the White House discretion over who joins limited-capacity flights. Other pool members have at times declined to substitute, and the administration has cited coverage concerns while substituting conservative outlets. Ongoing litigation and a scheduled hearing on extending the order remain the primary near-term variables, yet the pattern of exclusion has kept trader-implied odds of CNN participating in pool travel by October 31 at low single digits.