A federal judge has ordered President Trump to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico after he banned the media outlets from the premises. The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge's decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process rights of three outlets whose White House access has been revoked. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- A federal judge has ordered President Trump to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico after he banned the media outlets from the premises. Hours later, the media announced they had been granted access.S1
- The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge's decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process rights of three outlets whose White House access has been revo...S2
- CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were barred from the White House even after a federal judge deemed Trump's ban likely unconstitutional and ordered their access immediately restored.S3
- CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they were turned away from the White House Thursday, despite a court order hours earlier that temporarily restored their access.S4
- The media outlets said their journalists were initially denied entry to the White House on Thursday, hours after a federal judge ordered the administration to immediately restore access, which it did for CNN and MS NOW later that day.S5
- Politico, MS NOW, and CNN reporters were barred from the White House despite a judge's order to restore access, which deemed Trump's ban likely unconstitutional.S6
- The White House on Thursday continued denying CNN, MS NOW, and Politico access to the White House, even after Trump-appointed District Court Judge Timothy Kelly struck down the president’s sweeping ban late Wednesday night. All three outlets said they had repo...S7