Judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS Now and Politico

Outlets say their reporters were barred from entering complex on Thursday despite temporary lifting of banThe Trump administration has been ordered to return the White House press badges taken from journalists working for CNN, MS Now and Politico for a period of 14 days, in a blow to Donald Trump’s extraordinary bid to rescind the outlets’ access over their coverage.US district judge Timothy Kelly, who appeared skeptical of arguments from lawyers representing the White House during a hearing on Wednesday, moved to temporarily block the ban in the early hours of Thursday morning. Continue reading...