( September 23, 2026, 2:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arguing in favor of a ban on White House access due to an alleged “threat” to national security because CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO failed to “maintain basic minimum” professional standards, including their purported publication of classified information, the U.S. Department of Justice on Sept. 22 filed a brief opposing the news outlets’ request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) seeking to stop the defendants from taking further action to implement the ban and to immediately restore their press credentials....