Trump Press Ban Block Extended

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly extended a temporary order protecting CNN, MS NOW and Politico through Tuesday. The ruling lets their journalists keep entering White House grounds with hard passes while he weighs longer-term relief. President Donald Trump had announced the outlets would be barred from White House coverage, citing what he called fake or negative reporting. The organizations sued, saying the ban punished coverage he disliked and denied them notice and a chance to respond. Kelly pressed the administration on its national-security argument and on Trump’s public focus on coverage. The administration defended the ban as a response to false reporting. Kelly said he expected to rule by Tuesday, possibly sooner.