BREAKING: A federal judge in DC has just ORDERED the White House to give passes back to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge in DC has just ORDERED the White House to give passes back to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico

Nobody's shocked.

I'm just going to miss not having to listen to Kaitlan Collins constantly interrupt POTUS in the Oval Office pic.twitter.com/A2FsHShsCf

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 24, 2026

Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico's access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump. https://t.co/b44SxbAsNm pic.twitter.com/K2bpriZU1d

— CNN (@CNN) September 24, 2026

Sept. 24 — Judge gives White House 14 days to restore the media access

https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-lifts-trumps-white-house-ban-cnn-ms-now-politico-2026-09-24/

Kelly’s order blocks enforcement of the ban while the underlying lawsuit proceeds. The Justice Department is expected to seek further review.

Sept. 23 — The five-network TV pool had already stopped covering Trump’s events

https://apnews.com/article/dc1a144d37a5d2e90488eec110ca9835

ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC and CNN make up the television pool. After CNN was excluded from its scheduled pool assignment, the other networks announced they would stop providing pool coverage of presidential events under the existing restrictions.