A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. Reporters for two of the outlets, however, were denied entry hours after the ruling.
The back-and-forth is the latest in an extraordinary showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes.
Trump first announced he was banning the outlets Friday, assailing what he called “fake news,” and only later arguing that their reporting was a risk to national security. The outlets argued in a joint lawsuit that the ban was a blatant violation of the First Amendment because it singled them out for the content of their coverage.
In his late-night ruling, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” the three outlets’ access. He said they had met the legal thresholds to obtain a temporary restraining order, in effect for 14 days, and were likely to succeed in showing that their press passes were revoked without due process.
Judge Kelly was appointed by Trump, so expect his bog-standard rant about disloyal judges. Because he thinks judges he appoints owe loyalty to him, not the Constitution.
Probably didn't help that Trump's lawyer on the case is a closet Nazi.
Also, thanks DOGE:
Didn't the first divorce say he had a copy of this at his bedside?
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Wait until the Argentinian and Brazilian beef get here. The inspection will be making sure the labels on the crates are right. That is that the have a Trump 2028 sticker on them.
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