US judge orders Trump to restore White House access to CNN, MS Now and Politico

Journalists from three news outlets banned from the White House by US president Donald Trump were back on the grounds on Thursday afternoon, hours after a federal judge ordered the administration to reinstate their access.

CNN , MS Now and Politico journalists were allowed back in the latest development in an extraordinary showdown between Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes.

It comes during a heavy news cycle with Chinese leader Xi Jinping visiting Trump, and world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly.

Also on Thursday, the news outlets had asked in a court filing for an immediate hearing to address their inability to access the White House grounds earlier in the day.

The filing said a US Secret Service agent had confiscated the journalists’ credentials.