Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets

By: Jane Norman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 646

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House.

Kelly, in the eight-page order, said that the White House must “immediately return, reinstate, and restore the White House ‘hard pass’ press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked” Friday and over the weekend.

The White House, however, didn’t appear to be …

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