NEW YORK (AP) — MS NOW said its journalists were denied access to the White House Saturday morning, a day after President Donald Trump said he would ban the network and two other news outlets from the complex. There was no immediate word about access for the other two — Politico and CNN.

The action escalated Trump's long-running efforts to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable, and is the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States.

MS NOW said in a statement that it stands behind its journalists.

"The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars," the network said in a statem...