Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends the Trump administration’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, that President Trump was not closing outlets or arresting reporters. ↧ Marco Rubio defends Trump’s ban on media outlets from White House... “They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House,” the secretary of state said in an interview on “TODAY,” referring to CNN, Politico and MS NOW.