Court denies Trump administration’s appeal against order to ‘facilitate’ return of wrongly deported US man – as it happened

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Donald Trump's administration will ask a US federal appeals court on Thursday to pause a judge's ruling lifting access restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press (AP) for referring to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.

The Trump administration has argued that the lower-court ruling, which mandates AP journalists be granted access to press events in the White House, infringes on the president's ability to decide whom to admit to sensitive spaces. The White House has asked to put the ruling on hold while it appeals.