# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico)
- Attribution: Reuters
- Source: News outlets will ask judge to end Trump's White House ban at hearing. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/news-outlets-will-ask-judge-end-trumps-white-house-ban-hearing-2026-09-23/
- 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.

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