Judge indefinitely blocks Trump ban on 3 White House outlets
Why it matters: The order keeps CNN, MS NOW and Politico on White House grounds while their First Amendment and due process case moves ahead.
A federal judge in Washington indefinitely barred the White House from enforcing President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House complex, extending an earlier emergency order while the outlets’ lawsuit proceeds. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly wrote that the organizations were likely to win on claims that the pass revocations violated due process and amounted to unlawful viewpoint discrimination and retaliation under the First Amendment. Kelly also rejected the administration’s national security rationale as unsupported by the record. The ruling preserves the outlets’ access to White House grounds, though it does not require access to the Oval Office or Air Force One.