A White House press exchange involving CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes drew fresh attention after Donald Trump told her to stop speaking during questions. The Daily Beast reported that the interaction happened during an Oval Office press gaggle, where Holmes asked about a possible scaling back of U.S.-South Korea military drills.

According to the report, Trump told Holmes to be quiet and called her questioning disrespectful. The account also described him as accusing CNN of fake reporting. The report presents those remarks as part of a tense exchange between the president and a reporter during a group of questions.

The Daily Beast said other questions in the gathering involved Natalie Harp and a ballroom. Holmes’s question about the drills was therefore one part of a wider press interaction rather than a standalone interview. The article described the confrontation and the reaction from CNN figures who defended their colleague.

HuffPost España also reported the confrontation, using Reuters imagery and describing the exchange as a clash between Trump and a CNN journalist at the White House. The second report supports the occurrence of the public dispute, while the details about the wording and sequence remain attributed to the published accounts.

The available reporting does not establish a formal change in CNN’s access, a new White House press rule or an official finding against either side. It records a public exchange, the subject of Holmes’s question and the response attributed to Trump. Any later policy or employment consequence would require a separate announcement.