{
  "id": 9569387,
  "title": "Judge orders White House to ‘immediately’ restore CNN, Politico and MS NOW’s access. Trump shrugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/judge-orders-white-house-to-immediately-restore-cnn-politico-and-ms",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:33:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/24/judge-orders-white-house-to-immediately-restore-cnn-politico-and-ms-nows-access-trump-shrugs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from accessing the White House, ordering their access to be restored immediately. However, reporters from these outlets reported they were still prohibited from entering the White House several hours after the ruling. The dispute is part of an ongoing conflict between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he does not favor. Trump had announced the ban on Friday, labeling the outlets as \"fake news\" and later claiming their reporting posed a threat to national security. The outlets challenged the ban in a joint lawsuit, arguing it violated their First Amendment rights by singling them out for their reporting. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled in favor of the outlets, stating they met the legal requirements for a temporary restraining order and were likely to succeed in proving their passes were revoked without proper due process. Judge Kelly criticized the administration's vague criteria for revoking press passes and dismissed the claim that the outlets' reporting endangered national security. Theodore Boutrous Jr., the attorney for the outlets, praised the court's swift action, while the White House did not comment on the order. The administration argued that access to the White House is a privilege, not a right, and emphasized that Trump had criticized other news organizations without banning them.",
  "summary": "The Trump-appointed judge questioned the administration’s national security justification and ordered press passes restored for 14 days.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}