White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press next to hats reading "Trump was right about everything

WASHINGTON ― Asked why HuffPost was excluded from Wednesday’s White House pool rotation, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a brief exchange that it was nothing personal and that participating in the White House pool was a “privilege.”

She added that HuffPost was not being dropped from the rotation of the pool, which allows journalists from different organisations to work cooperatively to cover the White House. “You should be grateful,” she said.

HuffPost had been dropped from the expected pool late Tuesday evening, following Leavitt’s same-day announcement that the White House would take over the pool rotation from the journalists’ group that........

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