White House TV pool appears to be back in operation, but situation ‘fluid’

A daily White House press schedule listed CNN as having a pool assignment on Friday (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The US network video pool for the White House appeared to be back in operation on Friday, although the situation “remains fluid”, according to the media analyst for CNN, one of three outlets that were banned for three days.

A judge temporarily struck down US President Donald Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Thursday, but his ruling did not directly address the pool, which consists of five major US broadcast outlets that take turns taking and sharing video.