{"id":135928,"date":"2026-09-24T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=135928"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:31:57","slug":"","status":"pending","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/503750\/trump-press-ban-court-ruling-cnn-politico-ms-now","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s short-lived press ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gettyimages-2295936334.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><em>This story appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Logoff<\/a>, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/pages\/logoff-newsletter-trump-administration-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> The media outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House last week are back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><strong>What happened?<\/strong> Early on Thursday morning, a federal district court ruled that the White House had to immediately restore press credentials for CNN, Politico, and MS NOW and allow the outlets\u2019 reporters back into the building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">The White House did, eventually \u2014 but only after multiple reporters were rebuffed over the course of the morning. They were allowed back in around noon, nearly 11 hours after the court\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><strong>What\u2019s the context?<\/strong> Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/503399\/trump-white-house-press-ban-cnn-msnow-politico\">announced the short-lived ban<\/a> last week on Friday afternoon, writing that outlets \u201cshouldn\u2019t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES\u201d while covering him. He also threatened that additional outlets could be added to the ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><strong>Why did Trump want to ban journalists in the first place?<\/strong> Most recently, the White House line has been \u201cnational security\u201d: On Monday, Trump accused reporters of \u201cviolat[ing] our National Security by writing false and defamatory stories with unknown \u2018sources.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">On Thursday, however, Judge Timothy Kelly, a first-term Trump appointee, wrote that the White House offered \u201clittle to back up their asserted national security interest.\u201d (According to the media newsletter Status, one of the \u201cunknown sources\u201d the White House was complaining about was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/09\/23\/white-house-cited-anonymous-quotes-politico-ban-it-was-source\/\">none other than Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, speaking to reporters on a press call.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Trump himself has also suggested a simpler motive: Last week, he told reporters that \u201cit\u2019s really just cumulative stories of the last two years. You get sick of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\"><strong>Is this the end of the case?<\/strong> Not yet. Thursday\u2019s ruling was only a temporary restraining order, good for 14 days max, and Kelly has said that he \u201cintends to rule expeditiously\u201d on a more durable preliminary injunction. Trump has already promised to appeal in the extremely likely outcome that the ruling also goes against him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<h2 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2026\/09\/22\/what-know-about-covid-vaccines-if-you-need-one-this-fall\/\">this Washington Post article<\/a> breaking down whether you should get a Covid booster shot this fall extremely useful, and you might too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Plus: Fat Bear Week is on, and it\u2019s not too late to vote. You learn more and can meet some of the contestants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/style\/fat-bear-week-alaska.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlE.eK8E.ZG1mw1_86OXf&amp;smid=url-share\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _10sa9omi itxwjq1 itxwjq0 pn04iq1\">Thanks for reading, have a great evening, and we\u2019ll see you tomorrow!<\/p>\n<\/div><p>This <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/503750\/trump-press-ban-court-ruling-cnn-politico-ms-now\">post<\/a> was originally published on <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/rss\/politics\/index.xml\">this site<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135928","post","type-post","status-pending","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135931,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135928\/revisions\/135931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}