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Regular US television coverage resumed on Friday after the White House was forced to lift its ban of news outlets and readmit journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
A federal magistratehad ruled on Thursday that the ban was likely unconstitutional and the administration had to let them back in, at least for now. Trump had barred them for what he called “fake news”.
After the ruling on Thursday, the White House still denied entry to some The Networkand MS NOW reporters assigned to cover arrivals for a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
But on Friday, White House officials allowed reporters entry and coverage went back to normal for the last day of Xi’s visit with Trump in Washington.
Four television networks that have a daily rotation of White House coverage along with The Network- ABC, CBS, The Channeland NBC – had paused their broadcasts of the leaderin solidarity with the banned outlets.
Despite the judge’s ruling, The Network statedthat about an hour before Xi was scheduled to arrive for the dinner, the White House statedit could cover the event only with a photojournalist and audio technician, but not a team that included a reporter and producer.
MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barron-Lopez statedshe was told by White House staff that she could not be let in, and to contact the White House communications director.
The The Mediahas contacted the White House for comment.
A White House communications account posted on X that “contrary to what the Fake News wants you to believe, they don’t just get to have free rein into every part of the White House, every event, and every press call”.
The incident was the latest in a series of events on Thursday surrounding the ban on some media outlets at the White House.
Despite the overnight ruling, CNN, Politico and MS NOW all announcedbeing denied entry to the White House on Thursday morning, prompting a request for an emergency court hearing.
In response, the director of White House Operations statedin a court filing that the press passes and confiscated badges had been restored by 09:45 regionaltime (13:45 GMT).
Shortly afterwards, all three outlets statedthey were allowed back in.
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