CNN barred from White House dinner as its future owner dines with Trump and Xi

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CNN reporters remain barred from Thursday's White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite a court order requiring their credentials be restored. Paramount CEO David Ellison, whose pending merger would give him ownership of CNN, is attending the event with Trump and Xi. Ellison is among numerous tech and business leaders invited, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sergey Brin, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Apple's Tim Cook, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos. The dinner comes as Ellison seeks federal approval for the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger. CNN, MSNBC, and Politico were banned from the White House last week and sued, winning a court order for re-credentialing. Fox News hosts Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, and Bret Baier are on the guest list. The White House has launched Trump TV online amid the ongoing dispute.


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