Judge orders White House to restore media access to US news agency | Freedom of the Press News

Judge rules that Trump administration ban on US news agency from presidential events violates First Amendment free press rights.

A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore full access to The Associated Press (AP) to report on presidential events, almost two months after the news agency was banned by US President Donald Trump for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in its reports.

On Tuesday, United States District Judge Trevor N McFadden, who was appointed by…

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