Africa Reporter Loses First Amendment Suit Against White House

Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba failed to convince a district court to allow his White House press pass policy lawsuit to advance to trial.

Ateba was allegedly ignored by the White House press secretary during press briefings, so he began to speak over her and other correspondents, at one point disrupting a March 2023 briefing that featured the stars of the “Ted Lasso” TV show, according to the opinion issued Thursday by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The White House changed its access policies in May, saying that all hard passes held by people who ...