A federal judge on Friday gave preliminary approval to a new White House press policy that downgrades The Associated Press to the same status as newspapers, eliminating the wire service’s previously privileged access to the president.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee who had earlier ruled that the White House unlawfully discriminated against AP for declining to use the term “Gulf of America,” said the revised policy appears to be viewpoint neutral. READ MORE