Appeals Court Declines to Lift Restrictions on Associated Press Access to White House

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Appeals Court Declines to Lift Restrictions on Associated Press Access to White House
President Donald Trump (L), Attorney General Pam Bondi (C), and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (R) speak to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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An appeals court on July 22 declined the latest attempt by The Associated Press to lift Trump administration restrictions that bar its journalists from accessing certain areas of the White House.

In a one-page order, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s 11 active judges rejected the news agency’s request for an en banc review—meaning all the judges would hear the case—of an earlier June 6 decision by a divided three-judge panel.
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