PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - December 24

Dec 24 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- A federal judge blocked Texas from enforcing a new state law that requires companies that run app stores, like Apple AAPL.O and Google GOOGL.O, to verify the ages of users.

- The Trump administration is barring five European tech regulators from the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, accusing them of being involved in online censorship of Americans.

- A "60 Minutes" report on a Salvadoran mega-prison housing U.S.-deported migrants spread online, after CBS News pulled the segment before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it needed more reporting.

- A coalition of 19 states sued to block the Trump administration’s plan to strip federal funding from hospitals providing gender-related care for minors, a policy that would effectively shut down any health care providers that failed to comply.