CNN and MS NOW were denied entry to cover a state dinner at the White House Thursday night despite a federal judge ordering that their access be restored. President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a state dinner at the White House on Thursday night.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to journalists from the outlets.

MS NOW is back in the White House — and headed back to Texas, where its marquee Senate race is giving Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Lawrence O’Donnell and other hosts plenty to talk about.

Attorney General Todd Blanche crashed and burned while trying to defend President Donald Trump’s ever-increasing restrictions on the press. Speaking on ABC’s This Week Sunday, Blanche struggled to keep his composure while facing questions about a federal judge’s temporary injunction on Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. Last week, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s decision had little to do with national...