Aug 31, 2026 7:47 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world's most powerful countries, the latest example of how President Donald Trump's administration has restricted media access.
Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, the Times reported.
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The Treasury has not explained the decision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that "it has nothing to do with point of view."
