The US Treasury Department denies credentials to some journalists from outlets including Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for coverage of the Group of 20 finance ministers’ summit in Asheville, North Carolina. The exclusions apply to specific reporters from those organizations, according to reports from the outlets affected.
Multiple sources link the access decision to the circumstances surrounding the meeting, including market volatility and the broader US-Iran conflict. France 24 also reports the action is part of a pattern of tighter media access under President Donald Trump.
France 24 quotes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the decision is not based on the journalists’ viewpoints. Other accounts focus on the credential denials themselves, without providing additional detail on the criteria used or the scope of any appeal or alternative access for reporters.
