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September 21, 2026

On September 18th, Trump announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW,
and Politico from the White House, Trump invoked “national
security,” again, as the explanation for the ban, CNN, MS NOW,
and Politico have sued Trump, his communications director, the
Secret Service director, and the White House chief of staff for
violating the Fifth and the First Amendments, US District Judge
Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, was assigned the case, Kelly
previously ruled that revoking journalist Jim Acosta’s pass
likely violated his due process rights, Trump has already vowed
to appeal if he loses, The government has to respond to the
lawsuit on Tuesday and a hearing is set for Wednesday, Major news
networks are refusing to cover Trump on television, so there is
no coverage from the White House, Trump, who has called
journalists the enemy of the people, is trying to discredit any
critical coverage of him or his administration.

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