A recent report suggests that the White House plans to take over the briefing room seating chart, infringing on one of the WHCA’s core functions.

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is pushing back on reports of a potential shake-up coming to the West Wing briefing room and vowing to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to take greater control of the media covering his second term.

So the ability to cover the White House is part of the metrics.” Legacy outlets will reportedly still have a place in the briefing room, but some may experience what Axios describes as diminished visibility,