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Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored

WAtoday Jack Queen, Jan Wolfe

24 Sept 2026 16:13 AEST Summary

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A federal judge said Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico was likely to be unconstitutional.

Berrien Springs Court House, Berrien Springs, Michigan kevin dooley / flickr, CC BY

Berrien Springs Court House, Berrien Springs, Michigan kevin dooley / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 2 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 55.2 sorrowjoyful

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Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Brisbane Times Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored Niral 2 political 0 The Age Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored Niral 2 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s White House media ban, orders access to be restored Niral 2 political 0