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White House reinstates access for US media following judge's order

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  • Reporters from Politico, MS Now and CNN remained barred from the White House on Thursday.
  • Journalists from the three outlets said they were turned away by the Secret Service when they tried to enter the White House early Thursday.
  • Mr Trump said on social media the outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES", and Justice Department lawyers had sought to justify the ban on national security grounds at a hearing on Wednesday, local time.
  • After the post was published on Friday afternoon, local time, staff from the outlets were still working on the White House grounds.

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The overnight ruling blocked the ban for 14 days.

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Reporters from Politico, MS Now and CNN remained barred from the White House on Thursday.

A journalist from Politico reported having their credentials confiscated when trying to enter the building.

A day earlier, judge Tim Kelly ordered access temporarily be restored and media passes given back at once.

Journalists from the three outlets said they were turned away by the Secret Service when they tried to enter the White House early Thursday.

US President Donald Trump announced the ban on September 18.

Mr Trump said on social media the outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES", and Justice Department lawyers had sought to justify the ban on national security grounds at a hearing on Wednesday, local time.

The overnight ruling blocked the ban for 14 days.

During the Wednesday ruling, Justice Kelly ordered the Trump administration to at once return the outlets' press passes and blocked officials from enforcing the ban.

After the post was published on Friday afternoon, local time, staff from the outlets were still working on the White House grounds.

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 5.2 on the Niral Score.

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  • ABC News (Just In) White House reinstates access for US media following judge's order plain
  • ABC News Judge orders reversal of Trump's White House media ban plain
  • The West Australian Three media outlets' White House access still rejected plain
  • SBS News (World) Donald Trump ordered to restore White House access for major media outlets 1 change

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Also covered by The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

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ABC News (Just In)as they published this story 5.6 3 82 -0.1 50.4
ABC News 5.9 1 73 0 50
SBS News (World) 9.8 4 65 -0.1 48.9
Mundane Readneutralized from ABC News (Just In) 5.6 3 82 -0.1 50.4

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