Claim

Claim 733

On September 22, 2026, the Trump administration filed a written opposition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the federal trial court in Washington, D.C., to the outlets' motion for a temporary restraining order, arguing that access to the White House is a privilege rather than an entitlement and that the president had the authority to suspend the access of CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-23. 1 source.

Statement: On September 22, 2026, the Trump administration filed a written opposition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the federal trial court in Washington, D.C., to the outlets' motion for a temporary restraining order, arguing that access to the White House is a privilege rather than an entitlement and that the president had the authority to suspend the access of CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
Field: action
Value: Government opposition to the temporary restraining order motion filed, 2026-09-22
About: incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
Attribution: Reuters
Source: News outlets will ask judge to end Trump's White House ban at hearing
Publisher: Reuters
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-23
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 2026-09-23

Quotation from the source

In a legal filing on the eve of the hearing, the Trump administration argued that access to the White House was a privilege, not an entitlement, and so the president had the authority to suspend the organisations' access.