Judge orders Trump White House to preserve records (opens in new tab)

U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled Wednesday that White House staff and President Trump's top advisers must comply with the Presidential Records Act, which requires preservation of official presidential records. Bates granted a preliminary injunction after finding the statute likely constitutional, blocking the administration from relying on an April legal position that said the law could not bind some presidential recordkeeping practices. The order halts the White House rollback of records...