News Wrap: Judge extends White House access for news outlets

A federal judge has kept CNN, MS NOW and Politico inside the White House while the court weighs the legal challenge to President Trump's decision to bar them. The earlier temporary order was about to lapse when attorneys for the three outlets returned to court Thursday. Trump imposed the exclusion last month, citing coverage he considered unfavorable. Attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. said the outlets argue the ban violates the First Amendment and due process, and he anticipates a decision by next week, according to PBS NewsHour.

Elsewhere, Vice President J.D. Vance announced the administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large I.T. outsourcing firms from a green card program that lets employers sponsor H-1B workers, accusing them of abusing it. Microsoft responded that most of its filings involve current employees and meet the visa's standards. Separately, Ukraine says a Russian guided bomb killed at least 33 people aboard public buses in Kramatorsk, one of the deadliest single attacks this year.

The USS Abraham Lincoln also docked in San Diego after more than 260 straight days at sea, a modern record, during its deployment tied to the Iran war.

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