Wire reporting: (AP, via Toledo Blade)

CNN, MS NOW and Politico amended a federal lawsuit in Washington on Wednesday, asking a judge to restore White House press-pool duties the outlets say they still cannot perform after a September access ban¹.

The amended complaint says a court order returned much of their access to the White House complex but that the administration has kept them off pool assignments, including television pool work on Air Force One that CNN says it held for decades¹.

The outlets argue the remaining limits are retaliation for coverage President Donald Trump dislikes, and that they violate the First Amendment and due process¹. They sued Trump, White House communications director Steven Cheung, Chief of Staff Susan Wiles and Secret Service Director Sean Curran after journalists were turned away on Sept. 19¹.

U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly, a 2017 Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order on Sept. 23 and a preliminary injunction on Oct. 13 that bars the White House from reimposing the full ban while the case proceeds¹. CNBC reported Kelly's earlier orders did not require Oval Office or Air Force One access¹.

The White House has not been quoted in the CNBC account with a new response to the amendment; the complaint cites a White House statement after the injunction that what it called "Fake News" has no place demanding a spot in the Oval Office¹. Trump, when he announced the ban, said he was tired of what he called fiction written about him and his administration¹.

Separately, six private citizens sued in federal court in New York on Monday, arguing White House limits on disfavored outlets injure the public's ability to receive independent reporting^2,4,7. Counsel include the Knight First Amendment Institute and Yale Law School's Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic⁴.

The New York plaintiffs include former Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, Press Watch editor Daniel Froomkin, Yale historian Beverly Gage, New York high school teacher Peter Schmidt-Nowara, Lawfare editor Benjamin Wittes and University of Pennsylvania student editor Ethan Young^4,5,7.

An unnamed White House official, in a statement carried by LAist, said no person may demand access to the Oval Office and that outlets the administration accuses of misinformation can report from outside⁴. Al Jazeera noted Trump has also discussed moving the press briefing operation².

What remains unresolved in both cases is how far courts will go in requiring pool, Oval Office or Air Force One access, and whether a nationwide injunction against viewpoint-based credential limits will issue^1,4.