press corps
noun
: a group of news reporters who are located in a particular place or who follow a particular person
the White House press corps
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The awkward dynamic was on full display in the Oval Office on Thursday, as Trump hastily summoned the White House press corps to display a simplistic chart displaying annual employment revisions under his predecessor.
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The pool is a small group of journalists who travel with the president and cover events on behalf of the entire press corps.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Jennifer Griffin, his former colleague at Fox News and a longtime member of the Pentagon press corps, amid a broader push to discredit media outlets reporting on intelligence laying out the extent of damages done by U.S. strikes to Iranian nuclear sites.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 26 June 2025
The association is governed by a board of journalists who are elected by their press corps peers to carry out the responsibilities that the Trump White House is now plotting to take over.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The pool is a small group of journalists who travel with the president and cover events on behalf of the entire press corps.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Jennifer Griffin, his former colleague at Fox News and a longtime member of the Pentagon press corps, amid a broader push to discredit media outlets reporting on intelligence laying out the extent of damages done by U.S. strikes to Iranian nuclear sites.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 26 June 2025
The association is governed by a board of journalists who are elected by their press corps peers to carry out the responsibilities that the Trump White House is now plotting to take over.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Press corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20corps. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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