The judge said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory, but said that the elimination of rotating access for newswires was “facially neutral.”

District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied a request from the Associated Press to enforce his injunction on the White House’s ban on the news organization.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration argued on Thursday that Trump has broad authority over media access to the White House and asked a U.S. federal appeals court to keep a judge from lifting restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press.

El Salvador meeting: Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said on Thursday night that he had met in El Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man whose wrongful deportation has caused a standoff between President Trump and the courts. Mr. Van Hollen plans to speak about the meeting at a news conference on Friday morning. Read more ›

President Donald Trump accused Sen. Chris Van Hollen of political grandstanding after the Maryland Democrat managed to meet this week with an immigrant who had made a life in his state before being wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month.