Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump, 1:26-cv-03287 (D.D.C.)

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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74823502/cable-news-network-inc-v-trump/

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2026-11-07

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• CNN, MS NOW, Politico hard passes deactivated, 2026
• Claim 27: The case is docketed as Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03287, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Claim 989: On September 28, 2026, CNN, MS NOW, Politico and three of their reporters filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, a court order that stays in force while a case continues, in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the federal trial court in Washington, according to the court docket.
• Claim 994: On September 30, 2026, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a US nonprofit that provides legal support to journalists, and 77 media organizations asked the court for leave to file an amicus brief, a written argument from parties not in the case. The motion was unopposed. On the same day Judge Timothy Kelly granted a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a US civil liberties organization, and its District of Columbia affiliate to file an amicus brief supporting the outlets.
• Claim 995: On October 1, 2026, Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the parties to appear on October 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 11 for a hearing on the outlets' motion for a preliminary injunction.
• Claim 996: On October 1, 2026, Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Society for the Rule of Law and Democracy, Inc., a US organization, leave to file an amicus brief.
• Claim 997: On October 2, 2026, the NAACP, a US civil rights organization, filed a consent motion for leave to file an amicus brief supporting the outlets' motion for a preliminary injunction.
• Claim 998: On October 2, 2026, the defendants (President Trump, Susan Wiles, Steven Cheung and Sean Curran, sued in their official capacities) filed their opposition to the preliminary injunction motion. The filing states that the President concluded the outlets had failed to maintain "standards of professionalism and decorum" including by "publishing sensitive or classified information," that the outlets did not respond to the White House letters by the September 25 deadline, and that the revocation of access became final at 5:00 p.m. on September 25, though temporarily enjoined. It argues that the outlets are unlikely to succeed on their First Amendment and due process claims and asks that any remedy be narrowly limited and stayed pending appeal.
• Claim 999: On October 2, 2026, Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 77 media organizations leave to file an amicus brief, noting that the parties consent.
• Claim 1000: On October 5, 2026, the plaintiffs (CNN, MS NOW, Politico and three reporters) filed their reply in support of the preliminary injunction motion (ECF 44, the court's docket number for the filing). The filing was submitted with a supplemental declaration of their lawyer Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., an exhibit, and declarations of Julia Marsh, Sudeep Reddy and David Vigilante.
• Claim 1006: On October 14, 2026, the defendants (President Trump, Susan Wiles, Steven Cheung and Sean Curran, sued in their official capacities) filed a notice of interlocutory appeal (ECF 51, the court's docket number for the filing), an appeal taken before the case is finally decided, to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. The notice appeals the October 13, 2026 preliminary injunction order (ECF 49) and memorandum opinion (ECF 50). The appeals court docketed the appeal as No. 26-5356, according to the district court docket.
• Claim 1007: The preliminary injunction granted on October 13, 2026 remains in effect. On October 14, 2026 the defendants appealed it to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.; the appeal is docketed as No. 26-5356. The docket showed no stay motion as of October 14, 2026, according to the district court docket.
• Claim 1014: On November 4, 2026, CNN, MS NOW, Politico and the journalists Akayla Gardner, Cheyenne Haslett and Betsy Klein filed a further motion for a preliminary injunction, a court order that applies while a lawsuit proceeds, and asked for an expedited hearing under the court's local rule 65.1(d).
• Claim 1015: On November 5, 2026, Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the parties' joint motion for an extension of time and ordered the defendants to file their opposition to the further preliminary injunction motion by November 18, 2026, the plaintiffs to file any reply by November 25, 2026, and the parties to appear for a hearing on December 2, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
• Claim 1016: On November 6, 2026, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a US legal support organization for journalists, filed an unopposed motion for leave to file an amicus brief, a filing by a party not in the case.

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