It’s open WH for all press

The White House moved Tuesday toward restoring historical press access norms by scrapping the mysterious pre-screening of reporters for one of President Biden’s large indoor events in the East Room — weeks after 73 reporters signed a letter demanding an end to the procedure.

Roughly 50 journalists, including print reporters, TV correspondents and photographers, were let into the East Room without discrimination based on the outlet they represent — marking the apparent end of a practice that outraged the White House press corps for more than a year.

The East Room is the White House’s largest indoor space — nearly 3,000 square feet — and resumed its “open press” status 14 months after the much smaller White House press briefing room returned to full capacity in June 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic eased.

Biden took no questions at his Tuesday event, where he signed documents approving the admission to NATO of Finland and Sweden — including about the FBI’s Monday raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment on the change. It’s not yet clear whether all events in the East Room will be considered “open press” or whether other spaces traditionally open to all journalists, such as the large auditorium in the White Houseadjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building, will return to being open press as well.