White House reporters for MS NOW, CNN and Politico are back in the White House as of midday Thursday, after days of being barred entry because President Trump said the news outlets “purposely write negative news.”
In a ruling issued shortly after midnight, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly for the District of Columbia granted a 14-day temporary restraining order to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, which had press credentials of their journalists covering the White House revoked on Saturday.
Yet early on Thursday, the news outlets said some of their journalists were denied entry to the White House. They asked the court for an immediate hearing. Kelly gave the Trump administration until 12:30 p.m. ET to respond.
In a declaration filed shortly before that deadline, Micah Stopperich, the director of White House press operations, says his team began to work on restoring access after receiving word at 7:10 a.m. The job took just under three hours to complete.
Earlier story, POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW barred from White House after court ruling restoring access - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091263 (arc)
I would strongly bet on incompetence, I think Trump just threw a dumbass narcissistic temper tantrum and lashed out at these organizations because he’s a cornered rat and he knows it and his lawyers just had to scramble to put the best presentation on it they could, which got laughed out of court because they’re a bunch of idiots trying to justify the actions of an even bigger idiot