NEW YORK (AP) — Three news organizations banned from the White House for days were back on Thursday after a judge handed them a victory in an extraordinary showdown between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose coverage he dislikes.
On a chaotic day at the White House gates and in court, CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were initially denied entry but allowed back in by early afternoon. The developments played out as Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Trump in Washington.
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