The White House barred several news organizations, including the New York Times, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and Buzzfeed from attending Friday’s daily news briefing, U.S. media are reporting.

The move comes shortly after U.S. president Donald Trump repeated a startling attack on the U.S. news media, calling it the “enemy of the people” at a Friday speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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