Reporters are used to calling sources on the telephone for quotes and information.

President Donald Trump's remark to Terry Moran in an ABC News interview — that it was his choice to whom he would grant an interview — exposes a delicate question for journalists.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo says that it's ‘absurd’ to think that she personally lobbied former Attorney General William Barr to aggressively investigate Donald Trump's charges of voter fraud during the 2020 election.

NEW YORK A few times each week, reporters sit in the White House briefing room to fire questions at the Trump administration's press secretary as she stands at a podium to respond. McEnany, President Donald Trump's fourth press secretary, restored the briefing after it was dormant for more than a year. With a boss who routinely attacks the press, McEnany has no problems doing the same. This needs to be an aberration.Politics in the White House? Symbolically, a White House press secretary's office is midway between the Oval Office and press room, illustrating how the person is responsible to both occupants.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)NEW YORK The White House abandoned social distancing for reporters attending President Donald Trump's Rose Garden event Friday because it looks better, according to the aide who ordered it. Seats for reporters at recent White House events had been placed 6 feet apart to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. The decision needlessly put reporters' health at risk, said Jonathan Karl of ABC News, president of the White House Correspondents' Association. White House spokesman Judd Deere said it was his decision to move the seats closer together. There was no reason to put them together, except so that President Trump could telegraph a false message.