Judge extends White House access for US media outlets amid Trump standoff

A federal judge has extended access to several media organizations at the White House after Donald Trump attempted to ban them. Judge Timothy Kelly stated that Trump likely violated the First Amendment by banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico from attending briefings. The decision, issued late Tuesday, expands on an emergency order that temporarily reinstated their access, concluding that Trump likely discriminated against these outlets based on their reporting. Kelly rejected the Department of Justice's claim that national security was the reason for revoking the journalists' passes.