Crossfiled16 outlets · filed 23 September 2026
Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping will not be televised as White House continues to deny CNN full access – live
Tech titans including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook were among those invited to the event, hosted by President Trump and Melania Trump.
CBS News
What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame the story around Trump’s unusually elaborate welcome for Xi and the summit’s main agenda items, especially trade, AI, Taiwan and Iran. NBC, CBS, CNBC, the BBC, France 24 and others also emphasize the trade-truce extension, while the New York Times and Washington Post add polling and broader background on U.S. views of China. Only the South China Morning Post says Chinese CEOs flew to the U.S. separately and are waiting for invitations to the state dinner, and PBS NewsHour is the only one to note the White House press-bans lawsuit in the same report.
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