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CNN and MS NOW say their journalists have been denied access to the White House grounds.
The White House Correspondents’ Association, led by Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich called on the Trump administration to immediately restore access to the representatives of the media organisations it barred, arguing that the move sets a dangerous precedent for free speech.
Sky News – Front Page CNN and MS NOW say their journalists have been denied access to the White House grounds.
A federal judge has extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds while their First Amendment lawsuit proceeds, finding the ban likely violates the First and Fifth Amendments, though the ruling does not resolve all access problems. The outlets therefore retain access for now. The Justice Department is also investigating whether major television networks violated antitrust law by suspending White House pool cover
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President said he was banning MS Now, CNN and Politico journalists, saying of their coverage: ‘You get sick of it.’ News outlets MS Now and CNN said their journalists were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning, a day after Donald Trump said he would ban them ,and the website Politico from the executive branch complex. MS Now said a reporter and a cameraman had been denied access and had their…
NPR – Politics Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."
Sky News – Front Page CNN and MS NOW say their journalists have been denied access to the White House grounds.
NYTimes – US President Trump campaigned in South Carolina with six days until the midterms as the state's Senate race has tightened unexpectedly. A poll found the contest between Republican Senator Darline Graham and her Democratic opponent is a tossup in heavily Republican South Carolina, prompting a Democratic super PAC to invest in the race. Republicans view holding the seat as essential to keeping their Senate majority.
Sky News – Front Page Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek" and Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" films, has died at 86. He died in Los Angeles after living with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, according to Al Jazeera. Tributes have been paid to Stewart, who was born in Mirfield, England.
NYTimes – US The 9th Circuit Court called the petition to remove 20,000 ballots from California's vote count unconstitutional.
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