News Wrap: Judge extends White House access for news outlets
Key Points:
- A federal judge temporarily extended White House press access for CNN, MSNBC, and Politico amid a legal challenge to President Trump's ban on these outlets, with a final ruling expected next week.
- The Trump administration suspended Microsoft and other tech firms from a green card program, accusing them of abusing the system, while Microsoft defended its H-1B visa filings as compliant with standards.
- The USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after a record 260-day deployment supporting the Iran war, amid reports of crew stress and poor living conditions during the mission.
- In Ukraine, a Russian-guided bomb killed at least 33 people in Kramatorsk, prompting renewed sanctions from the UK and calls for increased pressure on Russia from U.S. officials.
- Canadian poet Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her innovative works, while four astronauts returned safely from the International Space Station after an eight-month mission, and NASA mourned the death of pioneering Apollo programmer Margaret Hamilton at age 90.