Article in The New York Times by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, 10/20/26

Headline: “Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House”

Subhead:  “President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool.”

“. . .Mr. Trump has told aides he would prefer to bring back the indoor pool President Franklin D. Roosevelt added in 1933 as therapy for his polio-afflicted legs; President Richard Nixon later covered it over to make room for the news media. Journalists who are credentialed to cover the White House work out of a small office space connected to the press briefing room.

“While moving the media out of the White House may be a relatively small debate considering Mr. Trump’s attacks on journalists more broadly, it would be highly symbolic. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-media.html