Thursday, September 24, 2026

Judge Tells Trump Banning Media is “Likely Unconstitutional,” to Restore CNN, MS Now, and Politico Press Passes, Also: Denies Asking for Name on Ford’s Theater

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Donald Trump has egg all over his face this morning.

In the middle of the night, he was ordered by the courts to let CNN, MS Now, and Politico back into the White House press room and pool.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington granted a 14-day restraining order and told the White House to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” the press credentials held by employees of the three outlets.

The judge is a Trump appointee, duly noted.

Trump thought he was being a wise guy arbitrarily locking out media he doesn’t like. He stupidly scolded CNN’s Kaitlin Collins yesterday when she turned up at the United Nations, forgetting or not knowing that the UN had invited her.

Another miserable vendetta out the window. And this time, while the UN is in town, so he can really be embarrassed on an international level.

Meantime, Trump says he doesn’t want his name on Ford’s Theater in Washington. “The Dumocrats make up lie after lie. The new one is that I want Ford’s Theater named after me. That’s where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Who would want that? I don’t! It is FAKE NEWS started by MSDNC AND CNN.”

LOL.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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