The White House media-ban ruling and Iran’s unconfirmed sinking claim may show outside checks setting how much weight a claim carries

Judge Timothy Kelly found “practically nothing national security-related in the record” and blocked the White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico while the lawsuit plays out; Trump has said he will appeal. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said a container ship hit a naval mine and sank in waters south of the Strait of Hormuz; the claim has not been independently confirmed. Read together, they may show outside checks setting how much weight a claim carries.

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