Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min · 9 segments
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A federal judge has extended an order for now blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters from CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.
US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the ban violates the journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process.
Kelly said that the news outlets are likely to succeed in their case against the president.
Democratic and Republican party leaders have been in a legal battle about ad rates since earlier this year.
The GOP has been given another win in the ongoing ad rate dispute between the two parties.
A recent Federal Communications Commission policy gives party committees discounted ad rates previously only offered to candidates.
Democratic leaders, including former Senator Sherrod Brown, challenged this policy, and a lower court ordered the FCC to finalize its new rule before the November third elections.
Now, the Supreme Court has intervened, saying the FCC does not have to follow that deadline.
This means both party committees can continue to enjoy discounted ad rates for the upcoming midterm, and the Republican Party committee has considerably more in its coffers than its Democratic counterpart.
The Justice Department is threatening California with possible legal action over what it says are non-citizens who received mail ballots for next month's midterm elections.
A letter sent to the Secretary of State gives California forty-eight hours to determine whether any non-citizens are listed.
A federal judge has extended an order for now blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters from CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.
US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the ban violates the journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process.
Kelly said that the news outlets are likely to succeed in their case against the president.
Democratic and Republican party leaders have been in a legal battle about ad rates since earlier this year.
The GOP has been given another win in the ongoing ad rate dispute between the two parties.
A recent Federal Communications Commission policy gives party committees discounted ad rates previously only offered to candidates.
Democratic leaders, including former Senator Sherrod Brown, challenged this policy, and a lower court ordered the FCC to finalize its new rule before the November third elections.
Now, the Supreme Court has intervened, saying the FCC does not have to follow that deadline.
This means both party committees can continue to enjoy discounted ad rates for the upcoming midterm, and the Republican Party committee has considerably more in its coffers than its Democratic counterpart.
The Justice Department is threatening California with possible legal action over what it says are non-citizens who received mail ballots for next month's midterm elections.
A letter sent to the Secretary of State gives California forty-eight hours to determine whether any non-citizens are listed.
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