🔴 US judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico

⁠A ⁠federal judge ​ordered US President Donald Trump ​on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS ​NOW ‌and Politico, ⁠saying his ban on the three media ‌outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a ⁠major setback for Trump in one of his ​biggest battles with the ‌media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a ‌lawsuit that the news organisations ​filed contesting the ban that the Republican president announced on September 18. Read moreTrump bans media outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House Trump ​had said on social ​media that the ​three outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly ​write or report FICTION and LIES", and Justice Department lawyers had sought to justify ⁠the ban on national security grounds. 'Trump TV' Journalists for the three news organisations were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday and had their passes confiscated in the latest flare-up of the 80-year-old Republican president's years-long assault on the mainstream US media. In a previous case involving CNN during Trump's first term, Kelly, a Trump appointee, ordered the White House to temporarily restore the White House access for a CNN reporter wh...