Trump administration to defend its ban of major news outlets in court

The news organisations are scheduled to make their case to a US district judge on Wednesday afternoon.United States President Donald Trump’s administration has defended Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, arguing in a court filing that the president has broad authority to determine which journalists can access the complex and that the outlets’s reporting raised national security concerns.The dispute is set to go before a federal judge in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. The three news organisations sued the Trump administration on Monday to restore their access to the White House.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3CNN, Politico, MS NOW sue Trump administration over White House banlist 2 of 3White House launches ‘Trump TV’ after press banslist 3 of 3Rubio defends Trump’s White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politicoend of listIn a filing ahead of the hearing, Justice Department lawyers said the outlets had failed to meet what the administration described as standards of professionalism and decorum.“Access to the White House is a privilege — not a right,” the filing said.The White House press office sent letters to the three outlets on Tue...