Federal Judge Temporarily Extends Media Access To White House

(Washington, DC) -- A federal judge has temporarily extended CNN, MS NOW and Politico's access to the White House as a legal battle over President Trump's media ban continues. The three outlets sued after Trump announced in September that he was barring them from White House coverage, accusing them of spreading "fake news." During a court hearing Thursday, Justice Department lawyers argued Trump had previously put CNN on notice through his complaints about its coverage and maintained the ban was justified on national security grounds. Lawyers for the news organizations countered that the White House has provided no new evidence showing their reporting endangered national security.