Appeals Court Lets White House Exclude Associated Press
US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a briefing in Washington, DC.
Photographer: Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty ImagesA federal appeals court will allow President Donald Trump to continue to block news outlets from covering him in “restricted” spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One based on their editorial decisions.
In a one-page order on Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit left in place an earlier decision that let White House officials exclude the Associated Press from a rotating pool of reporters and photographers who cover the president’s daily movements while an underlying legal fight goes forward.