Kristen Holmes fact-checks Trump's claim CNN skipped Xi ceremony

CNN White House correspondent Kristen Holmes fact-checked President Donald Trump's Truth Social post accusing CNN and MSNBC of refusing to cover his White House ceremony for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, calling his claims "fundamentally not true." Holmes said CNN would have covered the event but its reporters were barred from the White House at the time. A judge had temporarily blocked Trump's media ban and ordered access restored, but the administration delayed compliance until after the ceremony took place. Holmes suggested Trump was either misinformed by his staff or not telling the truth, emphasizing that CNN and MSNBC would have covered the event had they not been banned.