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Veteran journalist and CNN chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour, is leaving the network after 43 years, bringing to an end one of the longest and most distinguished careers in the history of international television journalism.

The White House has excluded CNN from the press pool travelling with President Donald Trump to Tennessee on Saturday, replacing the network with conservative outlet Real America’s Voice News.

The restoration came after the three news organisations sought an emergency hearing when some of their journalists were denied entry Thursday morning despite the court order.

The development came only hours after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a 14-day temporary restraining order directing the administration to return, reinstate and restore the White House hard-pass credentials of employees of the three outlets.

A federal judge has ordered the President Donald Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House, ruling that the journalists were deprived of their press credentials without constitutionally adequate due process.

The US Justice Department has told a federal court that President Donald Trump has the authority to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from parts of the White House.

The three organisations announced the legal action Monday, accusing the White House of revoking their press credentials without notice or due process because of their reporting.

The decision breaks with a longstanding system under which the major US television networks rotate responsibility for providing pool coverage of the president and distributing the footage to the wider press corps.

The action came less than a day after Trump announced that the three organisations would no longer be permitted on White House grounds, escalating his long-running confrontation with sections of the American media.

US President Donald Trump has announced an immediate ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, escalating his long-running confrontation with American media organisations over their coverage of his administration.