News outlets ask US court to block Trump White House ban beyond 14-day order

The outlets requested an order requiring administration officials to give their journalists the “same access” to the White House and the president that they had before Sept.

18.The filing argued that the exclusion constitutes unlawful First Amendment retaliation over critical reporting and violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause by revoking hard passes without advance notice, hearings or objective criteria.Attorneys also alleged that administration officials delayed compliance with earlier court directives and continued to impose inconsistent restrictions, including barring CNN from an Air Force One flight to Knoxville and limiting coverage of a state dinner for Chinese….

The court also questioned the administration’s national security justification for the restrictions.Trump announced the ban on Sept.

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