Trump TV, Meta’s Muse Charm, and Xi in D.C.

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from White House access was likely unconstitutional, granting a temporary restraining order that requires the immediate reinstatement of press credentials. As of the recording, some staff from all three outlets were still being denied access, and the White House had filed for an emergency hearing. The judge rejected the administration’s argument that the ban was necessary to protect national security, noting that the stories cited to justify it were routine and, in some cases, months or years old. Scott Galloway pointed out that the White House’s own cited source for one of the stories was Vice President JD Vance, via an organized background briefing—a standard practice the administration was now calling a national security threat. “Banning the press is like holding your breath to punish the air,” Galloway said. Kara Swisher added that the more dangerous dynamic is not Trump TV itself but the concentration of friendly press ownership: the same Republican donors gaining control of TikTok, CBS News, and 60 Minutes. “It’s been carved up for rich people,” she said.

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