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AP independently confirms the outlets were barred, then restored by court order, and that their joint lawsuit alleged a First Amendment violation. DIRECT_TEXT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 11763

Source: Judge blocks Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:7d6b42a51bcad72f3e6ef9b21f3ef8065c8fcafd9912dd3bfc47a692d19e38a5

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Reporters from three news outlets banned from the White House by President Donald Trump were back on the grounds Thursday afternoon, hours after a federal judge ordered the administration to reinstate their access. The outlets argued in a joint lawsuit that the ban was a blatant violation of the First Amendment because it singled them out for the content of their coverage.

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