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Vol. VIII
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The Mind Shield

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Media outlets press access restored at the White House.

Media outlets press access restored at the White House.

A federal judge has allowed CNN back into the White House after ordering the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate press badges for the network, along with MS NOW and Politico.

After multiple attempts to enter the building that morning, CNN reporter Betsy Klein and a photojournalist were allowed onto the premises on Thursday at noon. A reporter for MS Now was also granted access, according to the network.

It came after the news organizations filed an emergency request for a hearing Thursday morning when the reporters hadn’t been allowed in.

In the early morning hours Thursday, Federal Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump.

In his ruling, Kelly found the revocation of reporters’ press badges was done without “constitutionally adequate due process.”

The ruling — which came just hours before Trump is welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the White House — meant journalists should have been able to return to work at the White House complex, but some staffers from all three outlets were initially refused entry.

Read the full report from CNN.