Judge orders restoration of AP access to White House events

| Importance: 5/10 | Status: confirmed

A federal judge on April 8, 2025, ordered the White House to restore Associated Press access to cover presidential events, finding that the administration’s February ban constituted viewpoint-based discrimination in violation of the First Amendment. The ruling came after AP was barred from White House coverage following critical reporting. The administration responded by restructuring the press pool system days later to circumvent the court order.

Key Actors

U.S. District Court Associated Press The White House Trump Administration

Tags

courts press-freedom first-amendment media-access associated-press viewpoint-discrimination

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