Trump's big weekend: The arch, Greenland, and media outlets banned from White House

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben

Published September 21, 2026 at 5:52 PM EDT

President Trump's exertion of power over the press, Greenland and even the D.C. landscape are teeing up questions over the president's limits.

Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows.

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