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Media Monitor: Judge Extends Pause on Trump's White House Press Ban as CBS Taps Douthat and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Apologizes

9 Oct 2026 7:32 a.m. · Source: Poynter

Poynter reports a federal judge extended a restraining order blocking President Trump's ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, while CBS and ESPN made media news.

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