Media outlets still denied access to White House despite judge’s order

A US federal judge had ordered the White House to ‘immediately return, reinstate and restore’ the three news outlets’ access.Published On 24 Sep 202624 Sep 2026Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have said they were still being barred from the White House even after a federal judge temporarily blocked United States President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets.In early hours on Thursday, US District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” the three outlets’ access. He said they had met the legal thresholds to obtain a temporary restraining order, in effect for 14 days, and were likely to succeed in showing that their press passes were revoked without due process.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump and Xi summit will focus on ‘stabilising’ ties, experts saylist 2 of 4How an OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s Medicare and what that meanslist 3 of 4Japan’s Ohashi breaks 200m breaststroke world record at Asian Gameslist 4 of 4‘Unstoppable’ Rumesh revives Sri Lanka’s glory, one javelin throw at a timeend of list“This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it,” he wrote.But the journalists continued to be bar...