MSNBC announced that its reporters were not allowed to enter the White House grounds, following President Donald Trump's announcement that he would ban reporters from the network, along with those from CNN and Politico, from covering the White House on the grounds that they spread 'fake news.' The network stated that it will act to defend the rights granted to them by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and said that 'the White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made in it are funded by our taxes.'