Washington DC, Feb. 26 -- US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday announced that the White House Press Pool will now be determined by the White House Press Team.

During her briefing, Leavitt announced that the journalists who were earlier 'chosen' to cover the White House by the White House Correspondents' Association, will now be chosen by the White House Press Team.

In a post on X, Leavitt stated, "A group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents' Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the President of the United States. Not anymore."

Leavitt said that the power to cover the White House will now go back to people of the US. She said that besides the people who earlie...