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United States: How due process, not the First Amendment, got the White House ban on reporters blocked in court – Wayne Unger

A woman stands on a street corner in front of a television news camera and other broadcast equipment.

Reporter Akayla Gardner reports near the White House after being denied entry following President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Sept. 19, 2026. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore journalists’ access to the White House on Sept. 24, 2026. As he had in a similar case in 2018, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly decided the revocation of the reporters’ press passes likely violated their Fifth Amendment right to due process. Continue reading

United States: Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press – Kathy Kiely and Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in a federal court in Florida. It was only the latest in a long series of high-dollar legal challenges Trump has brought against prominent media organizations, including ABC, CBS, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others. Continue reading

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