US networks challenge Trump ban as media dispute intensifies

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have gone to court after President Donald Trump ordered them to be barred, according to NDTV. The legal action came after Trump issued the order on Friday. The supplied material does not specify what the organisations were barred from accessing or identify the government body responsible for enforcing the order.

The three outlets’ court challenge has emerged alongside a boycott of Trump coverage by US networks. NDTV described the developments as part of a wider dispute between the president and the media. The report said Trump had stepped up what it called his years-long assault on the US media.

It does not provide the text of his order, the legal grounds cited by the networks or a response from the White House. No details are available in the supplied material about the court proceedings, the relief sought by CNN, MS NOW and Politico or when a ruling might be expected. The available information therefore establishes that the three organisations went to court after Trump’s order and that networks are boycotting coverage, but does not explain the practical impact of the dispute or its legal outcome.