District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied a request from the Associated Press to enforce his injunction on the White House’s ban on the news organization.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration argued on Thursday that Trump has broad authority over media access to the White House and asked a U.S. federal appeals court to keep a judge from lifting restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press.

The White House’s battle with The Associated Press is far from over. Though a judge ordered key officials to restore the wire service’s access to certain White House spaces, the Trump administration has found work-arounds to keep the AP iced out in certain places over its refusal to use the term Gulf of America in