Judge Kelly Issues 14-Day Restraining Order Restoring CNN, MS NOW and Politico's White House Access

US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled Thursday, September 24, 2026, that CNN, MS NOW and Politico had 'shown a likelihood of success' on their Fifth Amendment due-process claims and ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore the outlets' White House press credentials for 14 days. Kelly found the outlets' hard passes were 'revoked without constitutionally adequate due process,' and rejected the administration's national-security justification, noting Trump's own stated reason for the ban focused on 'the alleged lack of truthfulness and negativity' of the coverage. Despite the order, journalists from all three outlets were turned away again Thursday morning and had passes confiscated by Secret Service before the White House began reinstating credentials around 7:25 a.m. ET. The ruling isn't immediately appealable; Kelly set a schedule for further briefing over the next two weeks.