The White House is said to be planning to rearrange the seating chart for reporters in the press briefing room, taking the role away from the White House Correspondents' Association. Axios reported that an anonymous senior White House official conveyed that plans have already been formalized for a "fundamental restructuring of the briefing room,

In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official.