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Chinese President Xi Jinping has left Washington, but he still has a place at the White House. At least two, in fact. Two different photographs of Xi with US President Donald Trump feature on its walls: a handshake image that Trump showed his guest during last week’s state visit, and another beside a Palm Room doorway showing the presidents standing side by side. Journalist Jacqueline Alemany shared an image of the Palm Room display on X, noting that photographs of Trump with Xi and Russian...

As American billionaires gathered at the White House to honour Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan last Thursday, a group of Chinese business leaders spent the evening on the sidelines. They had travelled to the US capital to join the state dinner. But their invitations never arrived. For weeks, their participation was the subject of intense discussion between Washington and Beijing. While it was under consideration until the summit’s final hours, they were ultimately excluded...

Washington, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. White House has released a fact sheet on the results of Thursday's summit with China, calling the Asian country a World War II ally in line with a recent remark by President Donald Trump. "The two leaders recalled that (the) United States and China were allies in World War II and fought side by side to win the war," said the fact sheet on the summ...

US news outlet CNN has been removed from a press pool that is accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. Last week, CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, was barred from White House access by the Trump administration, but a judge ordered it temporarily restored, saying the move was likely unconstitutional.

The White House signalled on Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The news organisation was replaced by Real America’s Voice News, a conservative network, for the president’s trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to White House guidance. Trump is scheduled to attend a college-football game between the University of Tennessee...

US television networks resumed their coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events on Friday, amid an ongoing court fight over the administration’s decision to block CNN, MS Now and Politico from the presidential grounds. The White House television press pool on Friday aired video of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival at the White House for tea as well as the two leaders’ tour of ‌the National Archives, which houses the US Constitution. CNN along with ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC...

Amid the polished silverware and fine crystal stemware on display at the state dinner in the White House on Thursday sat the vacuum flasks brought by Chinese President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan. The couple’s flasks, black for Xi and white for Peng, were spotted on their table during the formal dinner, signalling a subtle self-assurance as cultural authenticity met high diplomacy. Extending this everyday practice to the White House banquet was in tune with the host nation’s own...

Zhou Hongxu, the official who oversees President Xi Jinping’s security, made an appearance at the White House state banquet on Thursday night, alongside a cohort of other rising Chinese officials. The banquet’s guest list described the 55-year-old People’s Liberation Army (PLA) major general as both director of the Central Guard Bureau and deputy director of the Communist Party’s General Office – the ruling party’s powerful administrative nerve centre. Earlier this month, Zhou joined Xi for a...

While their husbands held talks at the White House, Melania Trump hosted Peng Liyuan at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art on Thursday, where the famed Chinese soprano softly hummed along to a youth choir’s performance of a familiar classic. Footage shows the Hope Chinese School youth choir waving Chinese and American national flags during their rendition of the song “Jasmine Flower”, while Peng watches with a smile, her lips moving along to the lyrics. As the performance ends, she...

Chinese President Xi Jinping broke into rare laughter as his US counterpart Donald Trump showed him a framed “autopen” displayed in place of the former American leader Joe Biden’s portrait during a White House tour. The viral moment stood out against the Chinese leader’s otherwise restrained demeanour during his first state visit to the United States in more than a decade. A video released by the White House on social media showed Trump taking Xi along the White House colonnade on Thursday...

The US president’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump had a front-row seat at a White House welcome ceremony for President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Thursday, wearing a dress by Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei. Trump, in a robin’s egg blue dress and matching jacket, and her 15-year-old daughter Arabella Kushner occupied a prominent position at the ceremony, alongside Vice-President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha Vance. The arrangement drew attention since members of Donald Trump’s cabinet...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have been holding talks in the Oval Office at the White House today.  President Donald Trump gave the visiting leader of communist China a personal tour of several of his favorite White House features. He took him aboard the Marine One helicopter, presented the new granite landing pad he had built for it, and pointed out the massive adjacent construction site where a ballroom will eventually stand. 

A US federal judge had ordered the White House to 'immediately return, reinstate and restore' the three outlets' access.

Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 Beijing at dusk. Xi Jinping was received at the White House on Thursday morning, and what the closed talks produced was not known when this edition closed. Asia… The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Employees from CNN, Politico and MS Now reported being denied entry, with some having passes confiscated.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish state summit expected to be heavy on symbolism but light on substance, with both leaders keen to showcase stable ties despite a deep underlying rivalry. Trump greeted Xi on arrival on Wednesday evening, the first time a US president has welcomed a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews in 11 years.

A federal ⁠judge ⁠ordered US ⁠President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS ‌NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a major setback for ⁠Trump in one of his biggest ‌battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly ‌issued his order in a lawsuit ⁠that ⁠the news organisations filed contesting the ‌ban that the Republican president announced on September ‌18. Trump ‌had said on social ‌media...

White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, after US President Donald Trump complained about coverage.

Trump has launched his own channel amid an ongoing rift with the White House press pool.

Days after banning a group of news organisations from the White House, the Trump administration launches 'Trump TV'.

The top five US television networks staged a revolt on Monday when they effectively boycotted coverage of President Donald Trump to protest his decision to ban three news outlets from the White House. "No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting," ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC said in a joint statement.

Regular coverage of the president has been disrupted after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

US President Trump unveiled a new White House helicopter pad as major US TV networks stayed away in protest.

US President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away because CNN was not allowed to cover the event. Trump used oversized gold scissors to cut a red, white and blue ribbon. He then exchanged handshakes with officials wearing green construction smocks and hard hats – seeking to portray business as usual. The noise of his waiting helicopter meant...

Donald Trump has suggested that more news outlets may be barred from the White House after he announced he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW. On Saturday, all three outlets said that the White House confiscated their teams' press passes; they have also hinted at legal action. The ban has come under sharp criticism from press freedom advocates, as Charlotte Hughes explains.

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied White House access after Donald Trump banned the three outlets.

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to White House on Saturday.

The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, following through with US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would ban them from the building’s grounds. All three news outlets separately said their teams’ press passes were ‌confiscated on Saturday morning when their journalists went to the White House. They have signalled that they may contest the ban on the grounds that it conflicts with the US Constitution’s First Amendment protections for...