The Trump administration is facing renewed criticism over its treatment of the press after barring individual reporters from major outlets from a high-stakes international finance gathering, while President Donald Trump separately threatened a prominent television journalist with regulatory punishment for her characterisation of his endorsement record.

The US Treasury Department has denied credentials to specific journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News for the Group of 20 finance ministerial meeting in Asheville, North Carolina — a mountain city in the American South — hosted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The gathering, running from Saturday through Tuesday, brings together finance ministers, central bank governors, and senior officials from the world's largest economies to discuss issues including sanctions, bond markets, and inflation. No official explanation has been given for the credential denials. Bessent told the Associated Press only that the decisions had