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What happened
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House press credentials for journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the ban likely violated constitutional rights. The decision follows a lawsuit filed by the three news outlets after the administration barred them from the premises.
Reports across the spectrum agree that a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring the Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.
Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian emphasized the judge's ruling that the ban was likely unconstitutional. Center and right-leaning outlets, such as CNBC and Bloomberg, focused heavily on the legal arguments presented by the Justice Department, including national security concerns. Some right-leaning publications, such as BizPac Review, also brought up historical comparisons regarding media access during previous administrations.
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Judge orders White House to immediately restore access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico
A federal judge ordered the White House early Thursday to immediately restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ruling that President Trump’s ban likely violated their constitutional due process rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly handed down the ruling in the middle of the night, hours after holding an emergency hearing on…
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Source context: Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets.
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US district judge orders temporary lifting of Trump’s ban on the three media outlets, saying it was likely unconstitutionalA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional.US district judge…
A judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of Trump administration arguments justifying the White House barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico, but he did not immediately grant the news outlets' request for a temporary restraining order.Why it matters: In declining to rule right now, the White House has no legal mandate to remove the ban. That means the broader…
A federal judge ordered early Thursday that the White House immediately restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying that President Donald Trump’s directive barring the three news outlets was most likely unconstitutional.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets.
President Donald Trump last week banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, prompting all three outlets to sue.
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A federal judge ordered the White House early Thursday to immediately restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ruling that President Trump’s ban likely violated their constitutional due process rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly handed down the ruling in the middle of the night, hours after holding an emergency hearing on…
A federal judge temporarily blocked senior Trump administration officials from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and said their journalists' press credentials must be immediately restored.
The US Justice Department's response to a lawsuit filed by CNN, Politico and MS NOW also cites national security.
The same judge, Timothy Kelly, ordered a CNN journalist's access restored in a similar case back in 2018.
The DOJ on Tuesday night cited national security concerns in justifying President Trump's ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
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The media has been clutching its collective pearls over President Donald Trump’s ban, but where was the hysteria during the previous presidency? With claims of an “assault”…
US District Judge Tim Kelly ordered President Trump to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, blocking his unconstitutional ban.
The court's rationale is that revoking reporters' passes violated the Due Process Clause, given D.C. Circuit precedent on the subject; the court didn't reach the outlets' First Amendment arguments.
