Shortly after midnight, a federal judge forced Donald Trump’s government to restore access to CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO “immediately.”
But it would take the better part of the morning for the White House to provide those outlets with the same access that Chinese state media received to cover Trump’s meeting with dictator Xi Jinping.
During a Substack Live conversation, Michael Popok discussed the significance and symbolism of how the media coalition defeated Trump’s ban — at least, for the time being.
Watch the full video at the top of this newsletter, and read the judge’s ruling granting a temporary restraining order in full here.
