The judge said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory, but said that the elimination of rotating access for newswires was “facially neutral.”

The Trump administration is refusing to surrender in its battle with the Associated Press. After being ordered by a federal judge to give AP access to White House events, the Trump administration responded with a policy gambit that would remove a position set aside for wire services such as AP,

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.