The judge said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory, but said that the elimination of rotating access for newswires was “facially neutral.”

The White House is renewing its opposition to a court order that took effect Monday restoring the Associated Press’ full access to cover President Donald Trump, saying it may soon ask the US Supreme Court to intervene.

The AP sued after in February it was excluded from events and travel for refusing to change references to the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” in its coverage.