Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: DoJ backs Trump ban on CNN, Politico and MS Now, citing security concerns
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Source: theguardian.com
<p>The news organizations, which sued the US president, are claiming the ban violates the first amendment</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/23/donald-trump-xi-jinping-ai-china-us-politics-latest-news-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US politics live – latest updates</a></p><p>The US Department of Justicehas defended <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>’s decision to ban three new organizations from the White House <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754/gov.uscourts.dcd.296754.16.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">in a court filing</a>, arguing that access to the grounds was a “privilege” and citing national security concerns.</p><p>Lawyers for the US president doubled down on Trump’s claims about CNN, Politico and MS Now reporting “<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117293599348325006" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Fake News</a>” and insisted the ban did not violate the first amendment because “access to the White House is a privilege, not a right”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/doj-trump-media-ban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>
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