A federal judge granted a 14-day temporary restraining order requiring the Trump administration to restore White House press access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after their credentials were revoked. The judge expressed skepticism that national security was the actual motivation, noting the administration offered no supporting evidence.
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A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order forcing the White House to restore press access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico after their hard passes were revoked. The court found the outlets likely to succeed on due-process claims and rejected the administration's national-security justification as lacking factual support.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, ordering their press credentials restored while a lawsuit proceeds. The judge found the outlets likely to succeed on due process claims and was skeptical of the administration's national security justification for the ban.
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A federal judge ordered the White House to immediately restore press credentials for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, finding the ban likely violated due process rights. The ruling, which lasts two weeks, rejected the administration's national security justification as skeptical and noted Trump's stated motive was 'negativity' in reporting.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS Now, and Politico, ruling the ban likely unconstitutional and keeping the order in effect for 14 days. The ruling stems from a lawsuit the outlets filed after Trump announced the ban, which the Justice Department defended on national security grounds.
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Dolly Parton's nephew Bryan Seaver publicly disputes a restraining order filed by her longtime manager Danny Nozell amid a dispute over her estate. Seaver says texts in which he called himself a 'killer' were private grief talk taken out of context, while Nozell alleges threats and demands for money.
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Blood tests reportedly found elevated levels of the forever chemical PFOA in nearly 70% of 49 residents tested near a Lancashire AGC Chemicals factory, with one person recording the highest UK level ever. Residents describe fear and guilt over health risks as over 100 contemplate group legal action, and the plant is set to close later this year.
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A federal district judge dismissed President Trump's election-interference lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, its parent company, and pollster Ann Selzer, rejecting claims that an inaccurate pre-election poll constituted consumer fraud. The ruling invoked First Amendment protections for political speech, and the article frames the case as an early test of Trump's broader litigation campaign against media outlets.
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Descendants of society diarist Henry 'Chips' Channon are in a planning dispute with neighbours over a motocross track operating on the Kelvedon Hall estate in Essex. The estate has applied retroactively for permission to keep two tracks and three buildings built without consent, and an event has been postponed pending resolution.
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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that former Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt would have advised Trump not to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House coverage, arguing the move would backfire. The article notes Trump's media ban faces legal jeopardy after a judge questioned the due process and networks backed out of the press pool in solidarity.
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Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to transfer from federal prison to a Texas halfway house in August 2027, per a DOJ victim notification obtained by ABC News. The development comes amid promotion of a new documentary in which her husband says he once wondered if she was scamming him. Holmes was convicted in 2022 of fraud and conspiracy tied to Theranos and ordered to pay restitution.
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Maine Democrats attacked Sen. Susan Collins over a ProPublica report that the FBI planned a pay-to-play investigation into her dealings with a defense contractor donor, which never launched after Trump took office. Collins called the story false and noted the FBI said the allegations were already investigated and found nothing implicating her. The article closes by detailing the Trump administration's reduction of FBI and Justice Department corruption-fighting resources.