The five major US television networks suspended joint television coverage of President Donald Trump's activities on Monday, after the White House barred CNN from performing its scheduled role in covering his trip to New York to participate in the United Nations General Assembly meetings. The networks decided not to provide substitute coverage for CNN, following the ban on its journalists entering the White House, along with journalists from the MS Now network and Politico. ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC take turns providing joint television coverage of the president's activities and making footage available to other media outlets. Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton explained in a memo to the coverage team that the decision came after CNN was barred from carrying out its assigned task. The suspension pertains to joint coverage arrangements, while the banned organizations continued to report from outside the White House complex. Concurrently, CNN, MS Now, and Politico filed a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration, demanding the restoration of their journalists' right of entry and arguing that the ban violates the First Amendment and due process guarantees. The three organizations stated in their lawsuit that the Constitution does not permit depriving the press of its rights simply because a government official objects to the content of its news coverage. Trump had announced the ban on Friday, accusing the three organizations of publishing "fake news." The following day, their journalists' entry passes were deactivated and they were barred from accessing their workplaces inside the White House. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit. However, Trump defended his decision in a post on the Truth Social platform on Monday, saying his administration is not targeting a free press, but rather what he described as "fake news," which he considered a threat to national security.