Noon Update: The White House on Thursday began readmitting journalists from three media outlets — MS NOW, CNN and Politico — after a federal judge temporarily lifted President Donald Trump’s ban on those outlets.
The move came after Secret Service officers initially barred some journalists from those outlets from entering the White House earlier Thursday despite the judge’s order.
Judge Timothy Kelly ordered Trump and other defendants in a lawsuit by the outlets to respond by 12:30 pm. ET to their new court filing notifying him of non-compliance with his temporary restraining order against the president’s ban.
The White House’s director of operations responded to Kelly with a declaration that said the White House had restored press passes to the affected outlets.
Kelly issued his restraining order, which will last for at least two weeks, late Wednesday night. It directed the White House to “immediately” restore access to the three outlets.