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MS NOW and CNN were blocked from covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House ahead of the state dinner Laura Barone Lopez says credentials went in on time last night, but at the North Portico greeting ceremony the Wrangler told her she couldn't be let in and pointed her to Stephen Chung, the White House communications director. She texted him asking why CNN's correspondent and producer were also barred from the greeting between President Trump, the First Lady and Xi Jinping and his First Lady. She did get credentialed for Xi at the National Archives tomorrow, which isn't on White House grounds The open question is whether the denials keep coming for the daily, typical events they're usually allowed into

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MS NOW and CNN were blocked from covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House ahead of the state dinner Laura Barone Lopez says credentials went in on time last night, but at the North Portico greeting ceremony the Wrangler told her she couldn't be let in and pointed her to Stephen Chung, the White House communications director. She texted him asking why CNN's correspondent and producer were also barred from the greeting between President Trump, the First Lady and Xi Jinping and his First Lady. She did get credentialed for Xi at the National Archives tomorrow, which isn't on White House grounds The open question is whether the denials keep coming for the daily, typical events they're usually allowed into

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